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Francisco Cerúndolo wants to take another step at the Miami Open. The man from Buenos Aires is the only Argentine in the race in the main singles draw of the second Masters 1000 of the season and this Monday at noon he will have his second presentation in the competition that is held in Florida (United States).
The 25-year-old tennis player, 21st in the world ranking, debuted in the early hours of Sunday with a victory over the Austrian Sebastián Ofner (40th), in the second round of the competition.
He won by 7/6, 6/7 and 6/1 and celebrated with a handful of fans who made him feel at home shouting “I’m Argentine, it’s a feeling, I can’t stop.”
Her next opponent will now be Karen Khachanov (16th), in a match scheduled for this Monday at 12. Televisa ESPN 3.
The history does not favor the Argentine against the 27-year-old Russian, who beat him the two times they met before on the circuit: last year in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open and in 2022, in the second round of the Canadian Masters 1000 .
“I decided not to be so negative, not to be so hot, not to get so angry” 🧠
🇦🇷 @francerundolo talks about his change in mentality as he goes for more in the #MiamiOpen 🔥
— ATP Tour in Spanish (@ATPTour_ES) March 25, 2024
The winner of this match will face in the round of 16 the winner of the match that will also be cheered today by the German Alexander Zverev (4) and the American Christopher Eubanks (32).
He advanced to 16ths. Francisco Cerúndolo won and is the only Argentine in the race in Miami
Cerúndolo is the only Argentine in the race in the singles draw of the Miami Open after the defeats in the first round of Diego Schwartzman, Pedro Cachin and Facundo Díaz Acosta, and those of Nadia Podoroska, Tomás Etcheverry and Sebastián Báez, in the second.
Argentines in doubles in Miami
Yes, there is more albiceleste representation in the doubles table, with Horacio Zeballos in the company of the Spanish Marcel Granollers installed in the 16th final after beating the French duo Fabien Reboul/Sadio Doumbia on Sunday by 3/6, 6/3, 10 /5.
Mate Pavic (Croatia) and Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) will be their next rivals, this Monday also at noon.
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In the last hours of Sunday, meanwhile, the Argentines Andrés Molteni and Máximo González were eliminated against the Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow (6/4, 7/6, 10/4).
Favorites in Miami
The agenda for this Monday puts the favorites on the field, among them, Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, who will face the Frenchman Gael Monfils (at 8:00 p.m.), and the American Coco Gauff, who will face the also gala Caroline García (3:35 p.m.).
2024-03-25 12:27:04
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