The last Olympic tennis final will be repeated for the first time in the round of 16 of Masters 1,000 on the hard court Miami (USA). Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov They fought for Olympic gold in Tokyo Games and, since then, they have never measured forces again ATP circuit.
The German, 26 years old and world No. 5, is the current Olympic champion and also has his match record against the Russian, 27 years old and 16th in the ranking, in his favor (3-2). In the 3rd round, Zverev defeated the American Christopher Eubanks -7-6 (4), 6-3- and Khachanov defeated the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo by 6-1, 5-7 and 7-6 (5).
In other meetings on Monday, Alex De Minaur (10th) became the tennis player with the most ATP victories this season (19), more than the Italian. Jannik Sinner and the norwegian Casper Ruud. The Australian beat the German Jan-Lennard Struff by 7-6 (3) and 6-4.
De Minaur will seek a spot in the quarterfinals against one of the many unlikely eighth-finalists in the Miami team, Fabian Marozsan (57th), who sent the Australian Alexei Popyrin (7-5, 6-3).
The Hungarian tennis player added another victory after starring so far in the tournament’s main campaign as, not only did he win the 2nd round against Holger Rune (7th), but inflicted one of the most painful defeats of his career: 6-1 and 6-1 in just 59 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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