On a day of the Miami Masters 1,000 saturated with matches due to the rain that caused the suspension of most of those that should have been played on Friday, Alejandro Davidovich beat Juncheng Shang 6-3 and 7-5 in 1h44. The man from Malaga, who said goodbye in his debut in Indian Wells a few days ago (he lost against the French Fils), went for the second consecutive year to the third round of the Florida state tournament with his hard-fought victory against the promising 19-year-old Chinese 124th in the world. This Sunday he will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who beat the Frenchman Luca van Assche (7-6 (5), 1-6 and 6-1 in 1h59).
The weather gave a respite to the Miami Open, although the start of the competition was delayed more than three hours due to rainfall. Then the sun broke through, like Davidovich’s tennis, which completed a very serious performance executed with great order.
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In the first set, the player from Rincón de la Victoria found the break in a game that had been uphill for him, with 40-15 down, and which he won thanks to a spectacular counter-backhand. In the second set, Alejandro patiently waited for his opportunity and found it thanks, in part, to a double fault from Shang that helped him. He then closed out the victory, against an opponent he had not faced before, with his second match point. Now he hopes to finally get into the round of 16 and thus surpass his limit in the American event. Martín Landaluce had to play against local Ben Shelton, but his game was postponed to Sunday due to the delay caused by the rain.
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2024-03-23 22:22:54
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