While the Indian Wells Masters 1000 is yet to close, we can already see the next big event on the tennis circuit: the Miami Open.
The historic tournament will close the American hard court mini-tour to give way to the European clay court season. Surely this proximity is the cause of casualties as important as those of Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, completely dedicated to clay with the aim of fighting, at the end of May, for a new title at Roland Garros.
The loss of the Balearic Islands leaves the depleted Spanish representation in the latest top-level tournaments somewhat more affected, if possible. However, this time there will be additional reinforcement.
This is one of the strongest promises of our tennis, Martín Landaluceone of five players invited by the organization, so far.
With Kei Nishikori, Martin Damm, Juncheng Shang and Darwin Blanchthe Madrid native will try to take advantage of the opportunity offered in one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world.
Landaluce, who has been training for a few days in Miami, became junior number 1 in February 2023. Champion of the US Open at the age of 16, who turned 17, Martín Landaluce from Madrid removed his victim in the New York final, the Belgian Gilles Bailly, from the first place in the ranking.
Landaluce left junior territory with a balance of 58 games won and 8 lost. He entered the professional jungle, always a complicated step. He witnessed this for himself, with three entries on the ATP Tour resulting in multiple defeats: against Tommy Paul in Gijón, against Richard Gasquet in Madrid and Taro Daniel in Umag.
He stepped on the strange ATP Challenger, but confirmed his adaptation to the ITF. The Third Division of tennis, although at the same time a field full of mines due to the quality of the rivals, many try to confirm their good track record at the base and many others with a lot of experience in the difficult professional that world.
Landaluce has reached an agreement with the Rafa Nadal Academy to continue with his long-time coach, Galician former ATP Óscar Burrieza, who is also counting on Esteban Carril and Gustavo Marcaccio to replace Francis Roig in Nadal’s technical team.
Source: La Verdad
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