Carlos Alcarazthe 18-year-old tennis player from Murcia this Sunday (7:00 pm Spanish peninsular time) will play against Norwegian Casper Ruud to win the ATP Masters 1,000 in Miami (USA), He aspires to be the first Spaniard to win a title in this tournament, something Rafa Nadal has battled in five finals and David Ferrer, Carlos Moyá and Sergi Bruguera in one.
Alcaraz, currently the sixteenth player in the world-on Monday he will be promoted to the list-, will have the right to fight for the championship, after beating Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinals of a double 7-6, leaving the Pole, 25 years old and number 10 in the ATP, at five points in the first “tie break” and at two in the second.
His next rival is Ruud, 23 and eighth in the ATP rankings, which eliminated Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in the semifinals by 6-4 and 6-1.
There was a precedent for rivalry between the Spanish and the Nordics, and it was on April 9th in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 in Marbella with victory for El Palmar by 6-2 and 6-4 when he was 133rd in the world and 26th in Oslo.
The Masters 1,000 of Miami is a tournament that in the men’s draw no Spaniard has won the 36 editions that have ended, and Balearic Rafa Nadal is a five -time finalist -2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017- twice fell against Swiss Roger Federer, twice against Serbian Novak Djokovic and once against Russian Nikolay Davydenko.
At one point they were in the same situation from Alicante David Ferrer, in 2013, when he lost against British Andy Murray; the Majorcan also Carlos Moya, in 2003 surpassed by American Andre Agassi; and Barcelona Sergio Bruguerain 1997 with a defeat against Austrian Thomas Muster.
In the women’s box, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario lifted the trophy in 1992 against Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina and in 1993 against German Steffi Graf.
Source: La Verdad
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