Sebastian Ofner meets the Japanese Kei Nishikori in his premiere at the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami.
The former world number four, who is in the field thanks to a wild card, is returning to the tour for the first time since July of the previous year after a series of injuries. Ofner has never played against the now 34-year-old Asian, who reached the US Open final in 2014.
Should the world number 40. from Styria, he meets the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (No. 20).
For Jurij Rodionov, the first round of qualification ended on Monday. The Lower Austrian, seeded number 12, had to admit defeat to the Finnish Otto Virtanen 7:6(3),6:7(7),2:6.
It was a particularly bitter defeat for the world number 91, as he missed no less than six match points, including 6:3 in the second tiebreak.
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2024-03-19 10:08:37
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