Madrid Masters: Fonseca moves into second round
Joao Fonseca won against Alex Michelsen 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday evening and will play No 29 seed Cameron Norrie in the next round
Joao Fonseca at the 2023 US Open
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Brazilian wildcard Joao Fonseca defeated American Alex Michelsen 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Madrid Masters at the Caja Magica on Thursday.
Fonseca, ranked No 242, will play No 29 seed Cameron Norrie next.
Madrid Masters 1000, other first-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Rafael Nadal beat Darwin Blanch (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- Hamad Medjedovic (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Pavel Kotov beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-2
- Jakub Mensik beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Roberto Bautista Agut (LL) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1
- Thiago Monteiro (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Richard Gasquet (Q): 6-2, 7-5
- Max Purcell beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Pedro Cachin beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-3
- Tomas Machac beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alejandro Tabilo: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10)
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-3, 6-3
- Facundo Bagnis (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Borna Coric beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3
- Jack Draper beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
- Luciano Darderi beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2
- Luca Van Assche beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Nuno Borges: 7-5, 6-4
- Mariano Navone beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-2
- Taro Daniel beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1
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