Auger’s shocking loss at the Miami Masters 1,000

the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime22 years old and world number 6, suffered a shocking defeat against the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo24 years old and 31st in the ranking, in the 3rd round of Masters 1,000 on a difficult path Miami (USA): 6-2 and 7-5 in 1h.43′ in revenge for their loss a few days ago in the same round of Indian Wellswhere Auger prevailed 7-5 and 6-4.

Sunshine Swing revenge 🇦🇷

Indian Wells 👉 FAA won 7-5, 6-4 @MiamiOpen 👉 @FranCerundolo 6-2, 7-5#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/71i6t8fjz6

— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 27, 2023

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It was his debut in a major Masters 1,000 draw and he was the first rookie to reach the semifinals in this category since the Pole did. Jerzy Janowicz in Paris-Bercy’2012.

With his victory, Cerúndolo ended a happy streak for Auger, who has reached at least the quarterfinals in the last six Masters 1,000 tournaments, since the Italian. Lorenzo Musetti defeated him in the 2nd round of Montecarlo’2022.

rooms in Madrid (Alexander Zverev), fourth in Rome (Novak Djokovic), fourth in Montreal (Casper Ruud), quarters in cincinnati (Borna Coric), semifinals in Paris-Bercy (Holger Rune) and, this year, fourth in Indian Wells (Carlos Alcaraz) makes up the unique series of young Canadian tennis players.

Cerúndolo will face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe and Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the round of 16.