Miami Masters: Daniel through to second round after Rinderknech retirement, gets Zverev next

Japanese wildcard Taro Daniel advanced to the second round of the Miami Masters when Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech retired on Wednesday at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Daniel, ranked No 97, led 4-1 when Rinderknech, ranked No 72, pulled out on Wednesday evening at the Hard Rock Stadium.

The Japanese will play No 13 seed Alexander Zverev next.

Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,800,000, most recent results first):

• Emilio Nava vs. John Isner
• Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Marcos Giron vs. Cristian Garin
• Federico Coria vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jaume Munar
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Alex Molcan vs. Jordan Thompson
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Pedro Martinez vs. Quentin Halys
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Denis Kudla
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Juncheng Shang
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
• Ugo Humbert vs. Gael Monfils
• Fabio Fognini vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Nuno Borges
• Yibing Wu vs. Kyle Edmund
• Andy Murray vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Laslo Djere
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Mikael Ymer
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Alexander Bublik vs. J.J. Wolf
• Pedro Cachin vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Guido Pella vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Facundo Bagnis
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Oscar Otte vs. Brandon Nakashima