Carlos Alcaraz starts as a strong favorite in the absence of Djokovic and Nadal.
- Nadal’s historic streak ended after almost 18 years
He Miami Masters 1000which will be played in parallel between the ATP and the WTA, will start this Wednesday with the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz and the polish Iga Swiatek as the current champions, and the presence of eight tennis players in Argentina.
The big favorite is Alcaraz, 19 years old and regained the world number one on Sunday after winning the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, after winning the final against Russian Daniil Medvedev (5) by 6-3 and 6 – 2, and there will never be a Serbian again Novak Djokovic (2) or in Spanish Rafael Nadal (13).
In the case of the Serb, his absence, as happened in Indian Wells, was due to the fact that the US government did not allow him to enter the country because he had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, while Rafa was recovering from an injury . and will only be back in April on the European tour at brick dust.
Among the women, the top favorite is Swiatek (1) and her rivals to beat are Kazakh Elena Rybakina (7), champion on Sunday at India Wells, and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2), tournament finalist which was played in the desert. Californian.
The Argentines who will play in the Miami Masters 1000
Francisco Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez, Diego Schwartzman, Pedro Cachin, Frederick Coria, Thomas Etcheverry, Facundo Bagnis and Guido Pella They will be the Argentine representatives in the singles table.
According to the draw for the main draw, Cerúndolo, Argentine number one since his 31st place in the world ranking, will directly start his participation in the second round against the winner of the cross between the Spanish Jaume Munar (66) and a tennis player who came out of the classification.
Báez (33), for his part, also exempted from the preliminary round, will play against the winner of the match between American Marcos Girón (71) and a tennis player from qualy.
Another one who will make it past the initial round is Peque Schwartzman (38), who will face the British Kyle Edmund (544) or the Chinese Yibing Wu (64).
For his part, Bagnis from Santa Fe (100), will make his debut against a rival who came out of the classification but if he passes, it will be Alcaraz (1) from Murcia.
Pella (581) from Bahia will make his debut against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (88) and if he passes him he will go to the second round against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (30), while Cachín (63) from Cordoba will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics ( 74).
Meanwhile, Tomás Martín Etcheverry (73) from La Plata will make his debut against a rival who has emerged from qualy and Coria (67) from Rosario will play against rising Czech Jiri Lehecka (44).
Source: Tycsports
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