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Zverev is already the German with more victories in Masters 1000

The main favorite and Fritz accessed third round in Miami

March 22, 2025

The Miami Open presented by Itaú is being shown as a hostile territory with the main favorites, after the recent exits of serial heads No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 7 Daniil Medvedev. However, No. 1 Alexander Zverev resisted at its premiere this Saturday to break through third round.

The German solved its staging in Miami against the British Jacob Fearnley 6-2, 6-4, in an hour and 14 minutes. In this way, he ended the central track of the American tournament to a streak of two consecutive losses against Learner Tien in Acapulco and Tallon Griekspoor in Indian Wells.

“In general, I am happy with my level today,” Zverev acknowledged after the meeting. “In Indian Wells it was very different, so I hope to continue playing in this way and have a great week here.”

This result also allows Zverev to distinguish himself alone as the player in his country with the highest number of matches won in the ATP Masters 1000 category events, undoing the equality he had with his compatriot Tommy Haas.

German players with more victories at the ATP Masters 1000
Alexander Zverev: 145

Tommy Haas: 144

Boris Becker: 97

Nicolas Kiefer: 87

Philipp Kohlschreiber: 87

Miami is a propitious scenario to find its best level. When he was still played in Crandon Park, he managed to appear in the final in 2018 (with John Isner), while since the tournament moved to Hard Rock Stadium his most prominent performance is the one he starred last year, where he signed the semifinals (p. With Grigor Dimitrov).

The No. 2 of the PIF ATP Rankings will face Jordan Thompson in Miami, who could with the standard head No. 28 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).

For its part, the head of series No. 3 Taylor Fritz also had no trouble starting its journey in this edition of Miami with a smile in front of Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (2), 6-3.

The local favorite, who needed an hour and 48 minutes to close the victory, improved his record Lexus ATP Head2head 5-2 against the Italian.

“It’s huge, because when you waste break opportunities, you stay in your head,” said Fritz, who keeps a record of 11-5 this season. “He did not have break points and felt that he could break, in the games he always passes, but you have to give me a merit. He did not fail a first set when he was down in the game …”

In Third Ronda he will face the Canadian Denis Shapovalov or Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante.

Did you know what …?

Alexander Zverev has won 13 of his last 15 games against British rivals since the beginning of the 2017 season, giving exclusively to Andy Murray at the ATP Masters 1000 of Cincinnati 2020 and in Doha 2023.