Kokkinakis saves three match points to defeat Bergs in Miami

Australian lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis edged out Belgian wildcard Zizou Bergs 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to reach the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

Kokkinakis saved three match point to fight off the talented Belgian, and celebrated by smashing his racquet after winning.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 94, will face No 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz next.

Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Gregoire Barrere beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Thiago Monteiro beat Jason Kubler: 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Richard Gasquet beat Christopher O’Connell (LL): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Benoit Paire (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
• Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 3-0 ret.
• Alex Molcan beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Pedro Martinez: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Isner: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
• Ugo Humbert beat Gael Monfils: 3-3 ret.
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Yibing Wu beat Kyle Edmund: 7-5, 7-5
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 7-5
• Ilya Ivashka beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik: 7-5, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
• Laslo Djere beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Guido Pella beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Facundo Bagnis beat Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Taro Daniel (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-1 ret.
• Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima beat Oscar Otte: 7-6 (3), 6-3