Tennis, Murray reaches Medvedev in the 2nd round, Korda annihilates Fokina

Andy Murray, world number one five years ago, books a clash of the titans with world number one five days ago, Daniil Medvedev. On the Italian night at the Hard Rock Stadium, the British won in two sets with a score of 7-6 (4), 6-1 over Federico Delbonis, entering the second round of the Masters 1000 in Miami. “It was difficult, especially in the first set which was very tight,” said Murray, accustomed to the mild climate of the previous location in Key Biscayne and for the first time struggling with the high and slow rebounds of the new facility. with Medvedev he then added: “It will be an important test to understand where I am with my game and what I have to work on. I can’t wait.”

The others

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A rocket start by Sebastian Korda leaves Davidovich Fokina speechless. The US Next Gen has in fact left just two games to his opponent, wiped out with a very heavy 6-1; 6-1. “I’m happy with how I played”, the words of Korda who defends the quarter-finals in Miami. “Today it was hot and we played very long points. I made him run, I think I did a good job ”. For Korda in the next round there will be another Spaniard: Albert Ramos-Vinolas, in the second round with a bye. Also decided the first challengers of the young seeded players in the upper part of the board Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz. The Greek n.3 of the seeding will see it on his debut with the qualified Wolf who beat the German Altmaier (6-4 6-4), while the Spanish n.14 of the tournament will face Marton Fucsovics (n.55 Atp) who he triumphed over Giron with a score of 6-3 6-4.

Italy on the pitch

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Three Italians are expected to debut today, instead of four. In fact, Matteo Berrettini, seeded No. 4 of the event, who was stopped by a problem in his right hand, will not take the field. The Roman should have made his debut with the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo (# 122 Atp), a Lucky loser will enter the draw in his place. The number 2 of Italy Jannik Sinner will instead face the Finnish n.71 Atp Emil Ruusuvuori in the third match scheduled on field 7 (18:30 estimated start time); while on the same field it will be the turn of Lorenzo Sonego from Turin who will find the qualified Kudla (84 Atp). Finally, Fabio Fognini, n.34 in the world, will face the Japanese Taro Daniel in the first match scheduled on the Butch Butchholz field, at 4 pm Italian time. The live coverage of the Miami Open men’s tournament matches is exclusively on Sky Sport and its channels Sky Sport Tennis (205), Sky Sport Uno (201) and Sky Sport Action (206).