Gasquet sets Tsitsipas round 2 clash at Miami

Frenchman Richard Gasquet beat Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

The legendary Frenchman, a former Miami semifinalist, earned his 596th ATP win against 371 losses.

Gasquet, ranked No 40, will face second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next. The pair split their two previous meetings, in 2018.

36-year-old Gasquet hit 28 winners against just 8 unforced errors in the match, as he improved 8-6 overall in 2023.

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

• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
• Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem: thursday
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin: thursday
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler: thursday
• 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