After Indian Wells, the American tour continues with the Masters 1000 in Miami from March 19 to 31.
This weekend, rain and wind swept away the courts of the Masters 1000 in Miami, as well as the women’s and men’s draws. After a night from Friday to Saturday during which few matches were able to finish or even begin, everything gradually returned to normal with the return of good weather and the suffocating humidity usual for the Florida tournament.
In the women’s draw, it’s over for world number two Aryna Sabalenka, released in three sets 6-4 1-6 6-1 by the Ukrainian Kalinina. The seeds number 7 and 11, Qinwen Zheng and Beatriz Haddad Maya were also eliminated, as was Kasatkina, who went out in two sets against the Romanian Cirstea. The world number one Iga Swiatek for his part had to battle in three sets to eliminate Linda Noskova. On the French side, Océane Dodin was no match for the power of the third in the world, the American Coco Gauff, losing 6-4 6-0. She will face in the round of 16 Caroline Garcia, winner 7-6 7-5 from Naomi Osaka. The Frenchwoman had not reached this stage of the Master 1000 tournament for six months, in Beijing.
Among the men, it was a massacre for the top seeds. After the eliminations of Fritz, Rublev and Tsitsipas over the weekend; it is the seventh in the world Holger Rune who was swept away by Marozsan 6-1 6-1 in 59 minutes, while Ugo Humbert was surprised by Koepfer in a left-handed duel. After his excellent start to the season, the Frenchman is experiencing a more mixed American tour. Difficult match also for Adrian Mannarino, eliminated 3-6 7-6 6-4 by the German Hanfmann. Finally, Andy Murray gave everything to win a third match in Miami, but finally lost after a marathon of 3h30 of play against Tomas Machac in the tie-break of the third set.
Among the matches to follow this Monday from 3 p.m., Alexander Zverev will face the American Eubanks. Among the girls, we will also have to watch the match of Carolin Garcia against Coco Gauff, as well as the local duel between Pegula 5th in the world and the young Emma Navarro, who is coming out of a very good tournament in Indian Wells and has reached her best ranking, in 20th place in the world.
But the poster of the evening is for Gaël Monfils, opposed to number one seed Carlos Alcaraz. At 37 years old, the Frenchman continues to amaze on the courts. Very successful since the start of the year, he remains in a good tournament in Indian Wells and continues his objective of moving back into the twenty best players in the world. 394th less than a year ago, he is currently 47th. After a masterful second round against Jordan Thompson, the matter will be much more difficult against Alcaraz who returned to victory last week in Indian Wells.
Completed matches
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