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By Chris Oddo | Monday, May 4, 2015

 
John Isner, Madrid Open 2015

For the first time since 2009, American men have placed three men in the second round at Madrid. More could pass through on Tuesday.

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Three Americans reached the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open, the most since 2009, on Monday.

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John Isner rolled past Adrian Mannarino, 7-6(2), 6-4, while Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey both won tight three-setters to advance, over Alejandro Gonzalez and Thanasi Kokkinakis respectively.
For the first time since 2004 (Rome), American men are featuring five main draw participants at a Masters 1000 event on clay.

Donald Young, who will face Grigor Dimitrov, and Jack Sock, who will face Pablo Andujar, will see first-round action on Tuesday.

9th-seeded Marin Cilic (d. Jiri Vesely), 11th-seeded Feliciano Lopez (d. Benjamin Becker) joined 16th-seeded Isner as seeds to reach the second round.

Unseeded Fabio Fognini also advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 pounding of Santiago Giraldo, while Italy’s Luca Vanni upset Bernard Tomic, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(1). Thomaz Bellucci moved past Jeremy Chardy in straight sets while David Goffin edged Ernests Gulbis, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Gulbis dropped to 1-10 on the season with the loss.


 

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