Miami Masters: Cerundolo battles past Ofner to reach third round

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, advanced to the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Austrian Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-1 at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Cerundolo, ranked No 21, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 15 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami Open, Ofner, ranked No 40, defeated Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori (6-3, 6-4).

Miami Masters 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 10.404.205, most recent results first):

• Fabian Marozsan vs. Holger Rune
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Alex De Minaur vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Martin Landaluce vs. Ben Shelton
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roman Safiullin
• Gael Monfils vs. Jordan Thompson: sunday
• Karen Khachanov beat Laslo Djere: 6-2, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks (31) beat Daniel Evans: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (7)
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-1
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-2, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (28) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (30) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexander Bublik (17): 6-4, 6-1
• Casper Ruud (7) beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Andrea Vavassori (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Andy Murray beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 7-6, 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (10): 6-2, 6-4
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (12): 6-3, 6-4
• Dominik Koepfer beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-3, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell beat Frances Tiafoe (21): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Tallon Griekspoor (25) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Jack Draper: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (2)
• Martin Damm (WC) beat Tommy Paul (13): 4-6, 2-1 ret.
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
• Tomas Machac beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4