Bones are dropping like flies on Masters 1,000 on the hard court Miami (USA)even some of the pretenders interfering with the trio of main favorites for the title, that is, the Spaniard Carlos Alcarazthe Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the current champion of the tournament Florida.
Saturday was a dark day for many prominent tennis players and the main beneficiary was Sinner as they all traveled for their share of the draw. The Italian, world no.
Tomas Machac, Andy Murray, Matteo Arnaldi, Denis Shapovalov, Martin Damm and Christopher O’Connell paved the way for Sinner thanks to their wins in the 2nd round, respectively, over. Andrey Rublev (5th), Thomas Etcheverry (29th), Alexander Bublik (17th), Stefanos Tsitsipas (10th), Tommy Paul (13th) and Frances Tiafoe (21st).
However, so far nothing has been as noticeable as the severe beating he received. Holger Rune, 20 years old and world No. 7. The Dane has the potential to sooner or later join the successful wave of the generation led by Alcaraz and Sinner, but his irregularity currently lowers expectations about his future.
In the 2nd round in Miami he suffered one of the most painful defeats of his new career: 6-1 and 6-1 in just 59 minutes of play against Fabian Marozsan!
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The 24-year-old Hungarian recorded his third victory against a world top-10 (3-1 overall against them), especially surprising was the first last year against Alcaraz in Rome Masters 1,000.
In that tournament, Marozsan played the qualifying phase and entered a major draw on the ATP circuit for the first time. After defeating the Murcian in the 3rd round, Fabian fell in the round of 16 against the Croatian Coric terminal.
Marozsan now enjoys the best world ranking of his career (57th) and results like the one obtained against Rune will further fuel his growth. The Hungarian player will be looking for a place in the round of 16 against the Australian Alexei Popyrinexecutioner of another seed, the Czech Jiri Lehecka for the double 6-4.
Meanwhile, the Dane, who has been busy in recent months with several coaching changes in a complicated environment, will continue to look for a way to confirm what he is: a great tennis player capable of fighting for big titles in coming years.
Source: La Verdad
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