After Indian Wells, the American tour continues with the Masters 1000 in Miami from March 19 to 31.
What a game ! Grigor Dimitrov quite simply produced a perfect performance against Carlos Alcaraz on the night of Thursday to Friday at the Miami stadium. Offensive from the start of the match, the Bulgarian attacked the recent winner of Indian Wells with very long returns. With only 58% of points won behind his first ball, Alcaraz was unable to disturb the world number twelve, who multiplied the attacks, including directly into the Spaniard’s forehand. Helpless, Alcaraz even admitted at a press conference that he had “the impression of being twelve years old”, as Grigor Dimitrov had the answer to everything on the court last night, making 23 winning shots for only 5 unforced errors. Having suffered numerous injuries in recent years, the former world number three could return to the top 10 at the age of 32 if he wins the semi-final against Alexander Zverev. The German has indeed escaped the Fablan Marozsan trap. In a windswept Stadium, the number five seed was solid to eliminate the scorer ofHolger Rune and Alex de Minaur in this tournament.
In the women’s draw, the final will pit world number four Rybakina against American Danielle Collins. The local of the tournament, who announced the end of her career, continued her good run in Miami by eliminating Ekaterina Alexandrova, who had nevertheless beaten Swiatek and Pegula in quick succession. More offensive, Collins implemented the same game plan as against Caro Garcia, asphyxiating the Russian throughout the match and forcing her to try too hard and miss. In the other match, Rybakina scared herself with a big air gap in the second set, lost 6-0, before recovering in the third.
On the program for this Friday March 29, the two men’s semi-finals, with Dimitrov against Zverev, and Medvedev against Sinner. This second match will provide the opportunity for a rematch of the final of the Australian Open, won by the Italian in five sets while Medvedev had topped the first two. If Sinner is probably playing the best tennis of his young career at the moment, the Russian has the keys to hinder him, and arrives in this semi-final with less fatigue than during the Australian Open, where he had a series of matches in five sets to reach the final.
Completed matches
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