Cristian Garin He is at a great tennis level after defeating Argentine Sebastián Báez 7-6(2) and 6-3 in just over two hours in the second instance of the Miami Masters 1000. Therefore, by continuing at a steady pace in the tournament, in the third round he will have to come across a tough rival like Stéfanos Tsitsipás, who advanced by walk-over from Richard Gasquet.
The Greek, thanks to being the second seed in the tournament, skipped the first round and did not have his presentation in the second because the Frenchman withdrew due to an injury to his left ankle., so he arrives with total freshness to the duel against Gago. Beyond this situation, Cristian Garin he’ll want to rock the Miami Open just like he did in Indian Wells where he defeated Casper Ruud in straight sets.
After the triumph of the Arica tennis player against Báez, he approached the microphones of the media that were present on Court 7 of the Hard Rock Stadium to analyze what will be the confrontation with Stéfanos Tsitsipás. “I expect a top ten match. He is one of the players I like his style the most, in these tournaments I like to play against them, it tells you the level you are at, I am looking forward to facing him and recovering ”launched the Chilean in dialogue with ESPN.
It should be noted that the commitment for the third round of the Miami M1000 between Cristian Garin and the one born in Athens will take place on March 27 starting at 1 pm in Chile (same time in Argentina, 10 am CDMX and 5 pm in Spain). In addition, the Chilean will seek to advance to the round of 16 and equal the mark he achieved in Indian Wells, the previous week.
Record against Tsitsipás
The duel for the third round of the Miami Open will be the third match in which they meet Cristian Garin and Stéfanos Tsitsipás inside a court. The first time they met was in the semifinals of the ATP 500 in Hamburg, Germany with a victory for the Greek 5-7, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2020. While the second time was the following year in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 where again the European was superior by 6-3 and 6-4.
Although it does not count for history, in 2018, both tennis players crossed paths in the Le Gosier Challenger in Guadeloupe (France), where the Chilean became strong and imposed his conditions to take the victory and qualify for the round of 16. final of the tournament by 7-6(4) and 7-5, in a very even duel that lasted almost two hours of play.
