The Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wildnumber 76 in the world ranking, struck a chord this Saturday at the Miami Open when imposed by 6-3 and 6-4 in American Taylor Fritznumber 13, to advance to the third round.
It was played in Fritz’s country, but Seyboth Wild had the support of dozens of Brazilian fans from start to finish who pushed them to victory in one hour and ten minutes.
The Brazilian played tennis at a very high level, solid on his serve (no breaks and only one break point awarded), and strong in others against a Fritz who suffered another early elimination after saying goodbye to Indian Wells in the third round.
Seyboth Wild, who entered the main draw through qualification, is now in the third round, where he will face one between British Jack Draper and Chilean Nicolás Jarry.
The Miami Open has a very intense program of matches this Saturday, after heavy rain barely allowed eight matches to be played on Friday.
Among other results, German Dominic Koepfer eliminated the Argentine Sebastian Baez (n.19) in one hour and seven minutes by winning by 6-3 and 6-2.
Another surprise came from the Australian Christopher O’Connell (n.66), which succeeded by 7-5 and 7-6(5) in American Frances Tiafoe (n. 22).
Besides, Tommy Paulrecent semi-finalist in Indian Wells, was required retire from his match with Martin Damm because of a painful sprained ankle.
The Canadian advanced on the women’s circuit Leylah Fernandez at the expense of the Colombian Emiliana Arango (6-3 and 6-2)like Jessica Pegulawho won 6-4 and 4-1 when the china Lin Zhu He retired due to injury.
Source: La Verdad
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