The number one starts his title defense on Friday
Albert Ramos said goodbye this Wednesday in the first round
MADRID, 22 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Argentine tennis player Facundo Bagnis will be the first rival of the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz in the Miami tournament, the second Masters 1,000 of the season, by beating the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves in search of a second round where the current champion awaits him, in a day that It meant the goodbye of Albert Ramos in the first round.
Bagnis won his debut 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, regaining strength in the third set after losing control in the second. Thus, Alcaraz, the first seed, already has a rival for his debut on Friday in Miami, where he was proclaimed champion last year.
The Murcian also arrives as a favorite as a recent champion in Indian Wells, where he recovered the world number one that he had lost in January in favor of Novak Djokovic. The Serbian is again the great absentee in this other North American event and without Rafa Nadal either, Alcaraz reaffirms himself as a rival to beat. First, for Bagnis, who already lost to the Spaniard last year in Umag.
Meanwhile, Ramos could not beat the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler in three even sets 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-3, hooking a new premature finish like the one in Indian Wells. The Catalan also fell in his first match of the second Masters 1,000 of the season despite scoring the first set and having service to win the match in the second.
Huesler forced the third act in sudden death and there he ended up abandoning the serve to the Spaniard, who conceded three ‘breaks’ against an opponent he had never played against to end his career in Miami, where his best result is eighth final in 2013.
