MIAMI (UNITED STATES) (ITALPRESS) – Mattia Arnaldi overcame the first round of the “Miami Open,” the second Masters 1000 of the season staged on the hard courts of Hard Rock Stadium with a prize pool of $11,255,535. On the Italian night, the 24-year-old San Remo tennis player, number 35 Atp, won in two hours and 12 minutes of play, with a score of 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3, over Chinese wild card Yibing Wu, 421st in the world rankings (but was previously No. 54). In the next round, the Ligurian will face Czech Tomas Machac, No. 21 in the Atp rankings and 20th seed, bye in the first round.
Debut with victory also for Lorenzo Sonego who entered the second round of the second 1,000 of the season. The tennis player from Turin, number 38 Atp, won over Argentine Mariano Navone (62) with a double 7-5. Next opponent against U.S. Taylor Fritz, world number 4 and third seed.
Fuori Bronzetti tra le donne
Lucia Bronzetti bowed out in the second round of the fourth Wta 1000 of the season, which features a prize pool of $8,963,700. The 26-year-old tennis player from Romagna, No. 62 in the world rankings, surrendered with a score of 6-3 5-7 6-4 to the Greek Maria Sakkari, the No. 28 seed and No. 51 Wta, winning after a two-hour and 48-minute match. Instead, it will be Ons Jabeur who will take on the other Italian Jasmine Paolini in the third round: the Tunisian, 31st seeded seed, won 6-4 7-6(7) over Czech Katerina Siniakova.
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