The Spanish tennis player opens the campaign in the United States with a victory in just over an hour against the Argentine
Carlos Alcaraz I did not imagine such a peaceful victory at the beginning of Miami Masters 1000. Leader of the standings and reigning champion, the Spaniard needs to repeat his conquest in order not to be overtaken Novak Djokovic on top of the world. With 6 to 0 and 6/2 in just 1h06 from the start, he killed the Argentine Facundo Bagnishis former sparring partner.
The executioner of the Brazilian Philip Meligeni In the first round, the Argentine lived a nightmare on the court this Friday. Getting everything wrong, he took a “rubber” in the first set in just 24 minutes. Of the six games he played, he managed to reach 40-40 only in a 4-0 loss.
Concentrated and not giving his opponent any chances, Alcaraz kept the level up in the second set and immediately broke. After opening 2-0, he watched his rival celebrate his first point of the match. Bagnis would still return the break, but after the 2-2 only the leader of the standings gave up, who closed the match on the second match point without encountering any resistance.
Also on this Friday, highlights include triumphs for Americans Taylor Fritz (6/4 and 6/1 over compatriot Emílio Nava) and Tommy Paul (5/7, 6/3 and 6/4 against Swiss Marc Huesler) and by the Italian Jannik Sinner (he beat the Serbian Laslo Dere with 6/4 and 6/2).
The surprise was the fall of the Spaniard Roberto Bautista, seeded 22, with a defeat against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori by 6/4 and 7/6 (7/5).
ZEBRAS IN THE FEMALE
Without defending champion Iga Swiatek in action in Miami, the 2023 title race is wide open and some title contenders have gone down in their first game. Head 4, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur took a double 6 to 2 from the Russian Varvara Gracheva, while the French Caroline Garcia (5th favourite) lost against the Romanian Sorana Cirstea by 6/3 and 6/3. The Greek Maria Sakkari (7th) has already been overturned by the Canadian Bianca Andreescu, with 5/7, 6/3 and 6/4.
The zebras didn’t stop there. The Russian Veronika Kudermetova, eleventh favourite, greeted the Czech Marketa Vondrousova with 6/4 and 6/2. And Ukraine’s Anhelina Kanilina, seeded 28, said goodbye to a 6/3 to 6/4 defeat of American Sofia Kenin.
Source: Terra
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