Daniel Medvedev celebrated his second-place finish in the world with a seamless entry, surpassing Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsoon in less than an hour at the Miami Open on Friday. Russia’s Medvedev needed just 56 minutes to beat Lu 6–2, 6–2, firing nine aces with just one double fault as he tied with Australian Alexei Popirin 6-4, 6- Proceeded to the third round meeting with the winner by 2. 30th seeded American Really Opelka. Women’s world number two Naomi Osaka, ranked second from top-ranked Australian Ashley Barty, had a tough time, but won her nerves in her first match since winning the Australian Open, beating Australian Ajla Tomlazanovic 6 -0 (7/3), 6 -4.
Men’s third seed Alexander Zverev, ranked seventh in the world, became the biggest upset man ever at the prestigious ATP Masters and WTA hardcourt tournament, ranking 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 to 83rd Finn. Emile Ruevvori.
Medvedev, the top seed in the ATP Masters event for the first time, survived Lu from the opening game.
He made 24 winners the second player – along with compatriot Andrey Rublev – to win 15 matches this year.
The runner-up of Novak Djokovic topped the Australian Open, Medvedev reached number 2 in the world while lifting the ATP trophy in Marseille.
Medvedev became the first player outside the “Big Four” of Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray to finish second in the world after Linton Hewitt in 2005.
But he is already looking for more.
“I just think that when you reach something you haven’t done, it doesn’t matter directly and you want to go back and forth,” he said. “I think it’s the same for everybody.
“I am happy with my achievement but only trying to improve every day and want to go further.”
Zverev also arrived in Miami riding a wave of success, capturing the ATP title at Acapulco last week.
But 21-year-old Rusuvuori rallied to claim one of the biggest wins of his career, turning the tables on Zverev with more aggressive tactics in the second set and posting his second win of his career at a top-10 player post. Of.
“I don’t even know myself,” he said of how he rearranged. “I didn’t feel very comfortable in the first set and I was making a lot of unexpected errors. But gradually I started feeling a little better in the second part.”
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Osaka admitted that she was feeling some nerves in her first match as she won her fourth Grand Slam title in Melbourne.
“I would say that I am most proud today, just being able to handle my nerves,” she said.
This was a bigger problem than a gust of wind on the grandstand court at Hard Rock Stadium, where 77th-placed Tmaljanovic took a break in the opening set twice, but despite an impressive display of power, was eventually undone by 24 unexpected errors .
Thirteen aces among its 36 winners helped Osaka overcome its own unexpected errors and held a third-round meeting with Serbian qualifier Nina Stojanovic, who beat 26th seed Yuliya Putintseva for Kazakhstan 5-7, 7-. Beat by 5. 6-2.
Osaka said, “I did a really good job when I needed to.” “Unfortunately I broke up once or twice, but I think I was able to serve well when it really, really matters, so I’m happy with it.
Fourth-seeded American Sophia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion, won 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-3 over German Andrea Petkovic.
Sixth seed Carolina Pliskova, eighth seed Bianca Andreescu and No. 12 Garbin Muguruza also advanced.
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Pliskova defeated Zheng Saisai of China 6–2, 6–1, Andriescu beat Czech Tereza Martinkova 7-6 (7/5), 6–2, and Spain’s Muguruza with a title in Dubai two weeks ago Wild Card defeated Wang Xinyu China 6-4 6-1.
In other men’s action, Australian James Duckworth defeated eighth seed Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 6-1 and Britain’s Cameron Norry beat ninth seed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-5.
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