Francisco Cerúndolo, number 21 in the ATP ranking, said goodbye to the Miami Masters 1,000 this Monday by losing in the third round against the Russian Karen Khachanov (16th) 6-1, 5-7 and 7-6 (5) in a vibrant duel of two hours and 48 minutes.
The man from Buenos Aires managed to save four points in the match and was very close to the comeback, starring in some points of extraordinary quality, but in the tie break of the third set the Russian won, and in the round of 16 he will face the German Alexander Zverev (5th) .
Thus, Miami was left without Argentines: Sebastián Báez (19th), Tomás Etcheverry (30th) and Nadia Podoroska (78th in the WTA ranking) did not make it past the second round, while Diego Schwartzman (122nd), Facundo Díaz Acosta ( 55th) and Pedro Cachín (79th) said goodbye in the first.
This Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. the round of 16 of the men’s draw will start and the matches between the Italian Jannik Sinner (3rd) and the Australian Chris O’Connell (66th), the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4th) and the German Dominik Koepfer stand out. (50th) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (8th) and the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (23rd).
For the ladies it will be the turn of the quarters, with the crosses already defined between Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4th) and Greek Maria Sakkari (9th), and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (32nd) against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (68th) . . . .
2024-03-26 03:01:00
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