Categories: Tennis

Cilic does not fail against Coria in his debut in Miami

Croatian Marin Cilic stopped Argentine Federico Coria's reaction in the first round of the Miami Masters 1,000, by winning in three sets (6-3, 2-6 and 6-4) after two hours and five minutes of the game.

Coria could not progress in its premiere in Miami, where it had never participated before. The experience of the Balkan, currently 45 in the ATP ranking but holder of eighteen titles, including the United States Open In addition to two other Grand Slam finals, he won the final sleeve.

Coria, 84 of the world, semifinalist this year in the Córdoba tournament, pushed his rival, with whom he had never played, to the limit. The Argentine reacted in the second set and kept the type in the third, but was not able to level the loss of his serve in the first game.

Cilic, still far from his best level, will face Chilean Cristian Garín in the second round, thirteenth seeded.

Uchiyama will be Schwartzman's rival

Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama will face Argentine Diego Schwartzman, fifth seed, in the second round of the Miami Masters 1,000 after beat Italian Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.

The Sapporo player, ranked 110th in the ATP ranking, with no title in his history, it took an hour and 37 minutes to beat the transalpine.

Schwartzman, the world's ninth player, has never faced Uchiyama. The 28-year-old Argentine has accumulated four titles in his career, the last in Buenos Aires in 2021.

It will be Schwartzman's eighth participation in Miami., which in five of the previous seven did not pass the first round. The knockout stages of 2017 are his best performance yet.

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