Miami Masters: Cerundolo makes third round, could play Auger-Aliassime next
Francisco Cerundolo won against Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 5 seed, and Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in the next round
Francisco Cerundolo in Miami 2022 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 25 seed, moved into the third round of the Miami Masters by defeating American lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.
Cerundolo, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 5 seed, and Brazilian Thiago Monteiro next.
Kovacevic, ranked No 102, won against Spaniard Jaume Munar (7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1) in the previous round of the Miami Open.
Miami Masters, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ben Shelton
- Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Cameron Norrie
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Sebastian Baez vs. Cristian Garin
- Alex De Minaur vs. Quentin Halys
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Lorenzo Musetti: saturday
- Richard Gasquet vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Borna Coric vs. Christopher Eubanks: saturday
- Taro Daniel (WC) beat Alexander Zverev (13): 6-0, 6-4
- Holger Rune (7) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-3, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-3
- Dusan Lajovic beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Facundo Bagnis: 6-0, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (29) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Diego Schwartzman (31) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat J.J. Wolf: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Denis Shapovalov (24) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
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