Tsitsipas complies, Garín loses and Galán surprises De Miñaur

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, fifth player in the world and second seed, reached the round of 32 of the Miami Masters 1000 after winning with authority over Bosnian Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-4. The Hellenic, a finalist this year in Acapulco and a semifinalist in the Australian Open, took 70 minutes to beat the Balkan with whom he had lost in three of the four previous matches that both had played.

Tsitsipas, who is making his third appearance in Miami, will seek the round of 16, his ceiling in the tournament so far, in the duel against the Japanese Kei Nishikori who needed three sets to beat the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (7-6 (6), 5-7 and 6-4). The Japanese, a finalist in Miami in 2016, beaten by Novak Djokovic, needed almost three hours to progress in the draw.

Canadian Milos Raonic also emerged from his second-round appointment with flying colors. Twelfth seed, Raonic overwhelmed Australian Jordan Thompson in his eleventh time in Miami where he reached the quarterfinals three times. The Canadian will face in the round of 32 the winner of the clash between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and Portuguese Joao Sousa.

The Polish Hubert Hurkacz, seeded 26th, who beat the American Denis Kudla by 7-6 (5) and 6-4 and awaits a rival, did not fail. He will come out of the confrontation between Canadian Denis Shapovalov, sixth seed, and Belarusian Ilya Ivashka.

Garín can not with Cilic

The Chilean Cristian Garín could not close the triumph that he started on track against the Croatian Marin Cilic, who turned the scoreboard to achieve the triumph in three sets (3-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (5)) and reach the round of 32 of the Miami Masters 1000. Cilic pulled on experience to survive in the tournament. The Croatian, with eighteen titles in his history, including the US Open and two more Grand Slam finals, it took him two hours and forty-four minutes to reach the round of 32.

Garín, who this year won in Santiago de Chile and raised his ATP trophies to five, was one game away from winning the match when, after scoring the first set, stood at 5-4 in the second. But Cilic kept his serve, won the next two later and equalized the clash. Marin Cilic will face Italian Lorenzo Museti in the round of 32, who gave one of the surprises of the session by eliminating Frenchman Benoit Paire (6-3, 6-3), twenty-third favorite.

Galán lengthens his illusion

Colombian Daniel Elahi Galán, 113 in the ATP classification, extended his dreams at the Miami Masters 1000 by beating Australian Alex de Miñaur, fifteenth favorite, by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4. The 24-year-old tennis player from Bucaramanga, without any title or end in his career and with the semifinals in the Santiago de Chile tournament as the best result so far in 2021, turned the tables on handicap that ended the first set to get the game through in two hours and 36 minutes.

The second win in his first appearance in Miami He came against a rival on the rise, ranked 23rd in the world, who at twenty-two already has four titles behind him, including Antalya this year. Galán will face the Italian in the round of 32 Lorenzo Sonego, twenty-fourth seed, who beat American Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Schwartzman advances in Miami after defeating Uchiyama

Argentine Diego Schwartzman, fifth seed, reached the round of 32 of the Miami Masters 1000 after beating Japanese Yasutaka Uchiyama by a double 6-3 in just under an hour and a half of the game. The Argentine player, the ninth player in the world, who raised to four the titles achieved so far in his career when he won the Buenos Aires tournament months ago, the only one so far this season.

The Buenos Aires native, who is making his eighth appearance in Miami where he has never exceeded the round of 32, reflected his superiority against a rival he had never played with before and who is ranked 110th in the ATP ranking. Schwartzman will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, seeded 25th of the round, who beat Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4.

Miami Open ATP draw results.