Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Saturday March 23, 2024 at 8:52 a.m.
Due to the rain, very few matches at the Masters 1000 in Miami were able to take place on Friday. But Ugo Humbert still had time to qualify for the round of 16, unlike Andrey Rublev.
The heat and humidity caused a lot of problems for the players at the start of the week in Miami. On Friday, rain came to the Florida tournament, delaying the program and then causing the suspension and cancellation of numerous matches. But Ugo Humbert is one of the rare players who had time to complete their meeting. Scheduled for 11:00 a.m. local time, the French No. 1 finally entered the court at 5:00 p.m., but he only took 1 hour 26 minutes to beat Botic van de Zandschulp, and here he is in the third round. Hampered by thigh pain at Indian Wells, where he lost in the third round against Tommy Paul, Messin had eleven days to recover, and the Dutchman paid the price, with a 6-4 defeat, 6-3. Author of 70% of first serves, Humbert was only broken once during this match, and now leads 3-0 in his confrontations against “VDZ”. After missing two break points in his opponent’s first service game, Humbert, impeccable on his throws, was patient, and broke at the best moment, at 5-4 on his second opportunity. On his momentum, he led 3-0 in the second set, but he missed a service game at 3-1 and allowed his opponent to recover. However, at 4-3, the world No. 15 broke van de Zandschulp, who fought well in the next game by obtaining two break points, but Humbert ended up winning on his third match point . He will be opposed in the third round to the winner of the meeting between Sebastian Baez (19th) and Dominik Koepfer (50th), who was unable to start.
Rublev in a bad situation
A first seed fell this Friday, in the person of world No. 6 Andrey Rublev. The Russian lost 6-4, 6-4 in 1h05 against Tomas Machac (60th) and seems decidedly in a bad way, with only one victory since his disqualification in Dubai which caused so much talk. Rublev never managed to break the Czech, who took his serve at 2-2 in the first set and at 1-1 in the second. Fortunately, he has enough of a lead to ensure he keeps his sixth place even if one of his pursuers wins the tournament.
2024-03-23 07:52:00
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