ATP Miami: Alexander Zverev opens against youngsters, possible semi-final duel with Daniil Medvedev
Alexander Zverev will play his first game at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Miami against Carlos Alcaraz or Emil Ruusuvuori . In the semifinals, the German could meet the top seeded Daniil Medvedev .
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Mar 22, 2021, 06:54 pm
As the newly crowned Acapulco winner, Alexander Zverev will contest the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Miami. In Mexico, the 23-year-old had won against Carlos Alcaraz in the first round and the German could also play against the Spaniard in Florida. To do this, the 17-year-old would have to win his first round game against Emil Ruusuvuori, who is four years older.
Zverev, who initially enjoys a bye in Miami like 31 other players, could then meet Doha winner Nikoloz Basilashvili in the third round. According to the program, the number three of the tournament would then have to meet Karen Khachanov or Jannik Sinner before she could play against David Goffin or Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals.
Murray versus Harris in round one
A possible semi-final opponent of Zverev is Daniil Medvedev. The top seeded Russian meets Sam Querrey or Yen-Hsun Lu before Reilly Opelka could be the first seeded opponent. A possible opponent in the quarter-final is Roberto Bautista Agut, who plays against Andy Murray or Lloyd Harrris in the second round. After that, the Spaniard Jan-Lennard Struff could be waiting. The German number two also enjoys a bye in Miami and will play his first game against Ricardas Berankis or a qualifier.
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The lower half is led by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. The world number five had a difficult draw, especially at the beginning, and could face Kevin Anderson and Kei Nishikori one after the other. In the round of the last eight, according to the seeding list, an encounter with Denis Shapovalov is on the program.
In addition, the two Russians Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev landed in the lower half of the table. Rublev will open against Tennys Sandgren or Pedro Martinez, for Karatsev there could be two explosive rematches in the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the year: in the round of 16 with Diego Schwartzman, in the next round against Rublev. The 27-year-old had defeated the Argentine in the Australian Open round of 16 and his compatriot in the Dubai semi-finals last week .
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