Madrid Masters: Coric through to third round

Croat Borna Coric, the No 17 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Masters by defeating French wildcard Hugo Gaston 6-3, 6-3 at the Caja Magica on Friday evening.

Coric, ranked No 20, will play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 12 seed, and Frenchman Richard Gasquet next.

Gaston, ranked No 106, won against Jeremy Chardy (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
• Roberto Bautista Agut (20) beat Quentin Halys: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (10) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4