The Miami Open started this Mondayparticularly its initial phase, and it did so with good news for Spanish tennis. Roberto Bautista and Pedro Martínez made it past the first round after defeating German Benjamin Hassan (7-6, 6-4) and Belgian Alexander Blockx (6-2, 6-2) respectively.
The one from Castellónwho continues to fight to reach the level that led him to become one of the best Spanish tennis players of the last decade, Access to the big draw will be played this Tuesday with Finnish Otto Virtanenwhile Martínez will face Australian Adam Walton.
The women’s main draw will also start this Tuesday, and it will be done at a main course, the match pitting Paula Badosa against Simona Halepunprecedented since the 2022 US Open, which returned to the circuit because the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced its punishment for a positive doping test (roxadustat) from four years to nine months.
The former world No. 1 and champion of two Grand Slam titles, Wimbledon 2018 and Roland Garros 2019, has already served that punishment, and Miami has given him an invitation to appear in the draw.
For its part, Badosa has not competed since last February 19 in Dubai, when he had to leave the track because back pain prevented him from competing.
She failed to return to the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells, one of his favorite tournaments because it was here that he achieved his greatest success, winning the title in 2021.
If Badosa survives a back injury and a more than motivated Halep, in the second round she should face her very good friend Aryna Sabalenka, although it is likely that the Belarusian will withdraw from the tournament after the death of her partnerKonstantin Koltsov.
The former ice hockey player “passed away suddenly” at the age of 42, The Belarusian federation reported in a brief statement, without specifying the cause or place of his death.
Source: La Verdad
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