Australian Open: Martinez Portero through to second round as Darderi retires

Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero reached the second round of the Australian Open when Italian Luciano Darderi retired on Sunday night at Melbourne Park.

Martinez Portero, ranked No 43, led 6-3, 4-1 when Darderi, ranked No 44, pulled out on Sunday night at Melbourne Park.

The Spaniard will face the winner of the match between French wildcard Lucas Pouille and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Kasidit Samrej vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Learner Tien
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Corentin Moutet
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonseca
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Gael Monfils vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Francisco Comesana vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Borna Coric vs. Cristian Garin
• Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alex De Minaur
• Tristan Boyer vs. Federico Coria
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Zizou Bergs
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Karen Khachanov
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Luca Nardi
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Holger Rune
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Cameron Norrie
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Marcos Giron vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Tommy Paul
• Fabio Fognini vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• David Goffin vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Jaime Faria vs. Pavel Kotov
• Sebastian Baez vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Lukas Klein vs. Sebastian Korda
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Jack Draper vs. Mariano Navone
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aziz Dougaz
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Roman Safiullin
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel
• Jannik Sinner vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jordan Thompson vs. Dominik Koepfer
• James Duckworth vs. Dominic Stricker
• Alexandre Muller vs. Nuno Borges
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabian Marozsan
• James McCabe vs. Martin Landaluce
• Alejandro Tabilo vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Jakub Mensik
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex Michelsen
• Lucas Pouille vs. Alexander Zverev: sunday
• Adam Walton vs. Quentin Halys: sunday
• Gauthier Onclin vs. Reilly Opelka: sunday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Matteo Gigante: sunday
• Tomas Machac (26) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Li Tu (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Hady Habib (Q) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Casper Ruud (6) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Kei Nishikori beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Arthur Fils (20) beat Otto Virtanen: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4
• Hugo Gaston beat Omar Jasika (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2