MADRID, 19 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will face the winner of the first round duel between his compatriot Roberto Carballés and the Australian Aleksandar Vukic in his debut in the Miami tournament, the second Masters 1,000 of the season, and would avoid rivals such as the Italian Jannik Sinner or the Russian Daniil Medvedev until a hypothetical final.
The Murcian, who won his second Indian Wells title on Sunday and will now seek the ‘Sunshine Double’, will begin the defense of his crown in Miami in the second round, as he is exempt from the first like the rest of the seeds in the competition. US.
In the third round, he could face the Croatian Borna Coric – number 33 in the world – or the Frenchman Gael Monfils, while in the round of 16 he could face the American ‘gunner’ Ben Shelton, number 17 in the ATP ranking and who It will debut against the winner of the Spanish duel between Jaume Munar and Martín Landaluce.
Polish Hubert Hurkacz, champion in Miami in 2021, is Alcaraz’s projected opponent in the quarterfinals, while German Alexander Zverev could be his opponent in the semifinals once again, after meeting him this year at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells.
In a tournament in which the world number one will not be there, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Daniil Medvedev, whom the El Palmar player defeated respectively in the semifinals and the final of Indian Wells, will go for the other side of the painting. If Alcaraz wins the title in Miami, the ATP world number 1 would already be at stake at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000.