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Tira holder will play his first 1000 masters in Miami

Comesaña also qualified

March 18, 2025

Up to four Argentines pursued on Tuesday to advance to the main picture of the Miami Open presented by Itaú. And the first to get the ticket was Thiago Agustin Tirante, who secured a place for the first time in an ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

The player born in La Plata 23 years ago defeated in the second round of the phase before the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko by 6-3, 6-3, in an hour and 13 minutes, in a match played on track 6 of the American complex.

In his fourth adventure in the classification of an ATP Masters 1000, Strain won the prize of being among the best. He had tried before in Miami 2022 (p. With E. Gómez in Q1), in Madrid 2024 (p. With Klein in Q2) and in Rome 2024 (p. With Bagnis in Q1).

On this occasion, the Argentine arrived with confidence, after conquering the title in the ATP Challenger Tour tournament played in his country, in the city of Córdoba at the beginning of March. However, No. 117 of the PIF ATP Rankings adds seven consecutive victories.

His first rival in the ‘Main Draw’ of Miami will be the Italian Flavio Cobolli, who leads 2-0 the history telling all professional levels. The winner will collide in second round with Canadian Denis Shapovalov, preclassified No. 27.

In addition to a strap, Francisco Comesaña also exceeded the previous phase thanks to his triumph 7-6 (4), 7-5 against Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki to ensure his first time in a ‘Main Draw’ of Masters 1000. His next rival, seeking to collide with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, will be the Italian Federico Cina.

Marco Trungelliti, meanwhile, lost 6-2, 6-3 against Australian Christopher O’Connell. And Camilo Ugo Carabelli, although he fell with the local Ethan Quinn, agreed thanks to a Luck Loser. His first rival in the main box will be the local Brandon Holt. Also American Alex Michelsen waits for the winner.

Did you know what …?

There are already four Argentines classified directly in the main picture of Miami Open presented by Itaú: Francisco Cerundolo, Sebastian Baez, Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Mariano Navone.