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The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkanumber 2 in the world, fell this Saturday 6-4, 1-6 and 6-1 against the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina and He said goodbye to the Miami Open in the third round, with a lot of nervousness and destroying his racket after the defeat.
Sabalenka, champion of the Australian Open, lived a very complicated week due to personal reasonsafter her ex-boyfriend was found dead in a Miami hotel.
The Belarusian, who defined this death as “an unthinkable tragedy” In a message on her social networks last Wednesday, she decided to also compete in the Miami Open and debuted with victory on Friday over the Spanish Paula Badosa.
This Saturday she ran into Kalinina, number 36 in the world ranking, after two hours and three minutes, paying for her nervousness in the third set. She lost it 6-1, winning the only game with Kalinina on serve, and repeatedly slammed her racquet to the ground on the way to the bench.
The two players did not shake hands or exchange glances at the end of the match, something that was seen repeatedly on the circuit between Ukrainian and Russian and Belarusian tennis players.
Carlos Alcaraz’s triumphant debut
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz He made his debut this Saturday at the Miami Open with an impeccable recital against his compatriot Roberto Carballés,
With his second consecutive Indian Wells already in his pocket, Alcaraz (n.2) gave Carballés (n.64) no chance and closed his debut quickly 6-2 and 6-1 in one hour and 25 minutes. In the third round awaits Frenchman Gael Monfils (no. 47), who overtakes Australian Jordan Thompson (34th).
Six days after his triumph in California, Alcaraz reappeared with a relentless victory. “It was difficult to adapt my game to these conditions, because of the humidity, the court, the balls. But I think I did quite well. I am very happy with my performance,” declared Alcaraz after his eleventh consecutive victory against Spanish rivals.
Miami is the scene where Alcaraz won the first of his five Masters 1000 trophies in 2022. On this occasion he aspires to become the first Spaniard to win the American Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami in the same year, a double known as the ‘Sunshine Double’.
Notable candidates did advance in this Masters 1,000 such as the Italian Jannik Sinner (n.3), the Russian Daniil Medvedev (n.4) or the German Alexander Zverev (n.5).
Raised fist by Carlos Alcaraz after winning in his debut at the Miami Open.
— Saturday’s Miami Open tennis results:
– Men (Masters 1000):
Gael Monfils (FRA) defeated Jordan Thompson (AUS/N.33) 6-7 (3/7), 6-1, 6-2
Sebastian Korda (USA/N.28) defeats Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4
Christopher Eubanks (USA/N.31) a Daniel Evans (GBR) 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-6 (9/7)
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/N.20) a Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (2/7), 6-1
Karen Khachanov (RUS/N.15) defeated Laslo Djere (SRB) 6-2, 6-4
Casper Ruud (NOR/N.7) a Luca Van Assche (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 6-1
Alexander Davidovich Fokina (ESP/N.27) defeated Juncheng Shang (CHN) 6-3, 7-5
Nicolás Jarry (CHI/N.22) to Jack Draper (GBR) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (7/2)
Thiago Wild (BRA) a Taylor Fritz (USA/N.12) 6-3, 6-4
Dominik Koepfer (GER) a Sebastián Báez (ARG/N.18) 6-3, 6-2
Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.30) a Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2
Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.3) over Márton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-4, 6-2
Andy Murray (GBR) a Tomás Etcheverry (ARG/N.29) 7-6 (7/0), 6-3
Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) a Alexander Bublik (KAZ/N.17) 6-4, 6-1
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) a Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/N.10) 6-2, 6-4
Martin Damm Jr. (USA) to Tommy Paul (USA/N.13) 4-6, 2-1 and abandonment
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) and Frances Tiafoe (USA/N.21) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5)
Tallon Greek Spoor (NED/N.25) a Alex Michelsen (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (7/9), 6-4
Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.2) defeated Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 6-3, 6-4
Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) defeated Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-1, 6-1
Linda Nosková (CZE/N.26) and Maria Timofeeva (RUS) 6-4, 6-4
Jasmine Paolini (ITA/N.12) to Katie Volynets (USA) 7-6 (10/8), 7-5
Leylah Fernandez (CAN/N.31) beats Emiliana Arango (COL) 6-4, 6-2
Jessica Pegula (USA/N.5) beats Lin Zhu (CHN) 6-4, 4-1 and abandonment
Caroline Garcia (FRA/N.23) defeats Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 6-1, 5-2 and abandonment
Naomi Osaka (JPN) defeated Elina Svitolina (UKR/N.15) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)
Daria Kasatkina (RUS/N.10) beats Claire Liu (USA) 6-0, 1-0 and abandonment
Sorana Cirstea (RUM/N.19) over Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-2, 6-1
Danielle Collins (USA) and Anastasia Potapova (RUS/N.30) 6-2, 6-2
Elina Avanesyan (RUS) defeats Ons Jabeur (TUN/N.6) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Maria Sakkari (GRE/N.8) defeated Dayana Yastremska (UKR/N.28) 7-5, 6-4
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS/N.22) beat Jelena Ostapenko (LAT/N.9) 6-3, 6-1
Madison Keys (USA/N.17) a Xinyu Wang (CHN) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)
Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.4) a Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4
Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.27) a Qinwen Zheng (CHN/N.7) 6-4, 7-5
Katie Boulter (GBR/N.24) a Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA/N.11) 6-2, 6-3
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) a Greet Minnen (BEL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR/N.32) defeated Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.2) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
2024-03-24 12:25:48
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