Miami Masters: Tsitsipas moves into third round after Gasquet withdrawal
Stefanos Tsitsipas benefited from the forfeit of Richard Gasquet on Saturday and will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 27 seed, and Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin in the next round
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, advanced to the third round of the Miami Masters after Frenchman Richard Gasquet withdrew before the match with an ankle injury on Saturday at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 27 seed, and Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin next.
In the previous round of the Miami Open, Gasquet, ranked No 40, beat Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 3-6, 6-1).
Miami Masters, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ben Shelton
- Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Cameron Norrie
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Sebastian Baez vs. Cristian Garin
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan
- Alex De Minaur vs. Quentin Halys
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Francisco Cerundolo: saturday
- Borna Coric vs. Christopher Eubanks: saturday
- Taro Daniel (WC) beat Alexander Zverev (13): 6-0, 6-4
- Holger Rune (7) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-3, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-3
- Dusan Lajovic beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Facundo Bagnis: 6-0, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (29) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Diego Schwartzman (31) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat J.J. Wolf: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Denis Shapovalov (24) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3