If the year’s Rome Masters 1,000 served to put the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan on the front page of tennis after surprising Carlos Alcaraz, the Miami Masters 1,000 has meant the consecration of Marozsan as one of the tennis players to follow on the circuit.
Marozsan, 24 years old and ranked 57th in the ATP ranking, reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters 1,000 on Tuesday after defeating Australian Alex de Miñaur 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. A victory that represents the Hungarian’s second victory against a Top-10 in Miami after destroying Holger Rune in the second round and which has helped him earn the title of ‘giant killer’ in this Miami Open.
A Marozsan who took the lead after breaking De Minaur’s serve in the tenth game of the first set to take the set 6-4 but who entered into a serious crisis when, in the second set, he saw how De Minaur broke his serve in his three turns of service to give him a resounding 0-6 and force the third set.
However, in the decisive game Marozsan emulated the epic that characterizes the films of his favorite actor, Jason Statham (known for The Expendables, the Transporter saga and the Fast & Furious saga), to break De Miñaur’s serve on two occasions and, on the third match point on serve, close the set and the match 6-1 and qualify for the second time in his career to the quarterfinals of a Masters 1,000 and that will also allow him to sneak into the the Top-50 of the ATP ranking (right now it ranks 38th with 1,122 points, rising 19 positions).
A victory that also allows Marozsan to become the first tennis player from outside the Top-50 to beat two Top-10 players to reach the quarterfinals of a Masters 1,000 on a hard court since David Nalbandián achieved it in Indian Wells in 2012. , and which allows the Hungarian to boast an impressive 82.3% of victories in Masters 1,000 in his matches played.
Zverev, another Top-10 rival for Marozsan
In the quarterfinals Marozsan has the opportunity to expand his giant-killing legend as he will face another Top-10 for the third time this week: the German Alexander Zverev.
A Zverev who destroyed the Russian Karen Khachanov in their round of 16 match 6-1 and 6-4 and who will now have to stop the great revelation of the Miami Open to seek a hypothetical semifinals against Carlos Alcaraz.
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2024-03-27 07:18:37
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