Sinner beats Dimitrov and moves on to the round of 16 of the Miami-Corriere.it Master 1000

The gaze is already fixed on that semifinal that everyone is waiting for: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz also in Miami, as had already happened in Indian Wells, are on the same side of the draw. Jannik, however, is not one to get distracted, not even by the defeat of Casper Ruud – the third seed in the tournament – which takes away a possible rival from the race. Tonight he beat the Bulgarian in straight sets (6-3 6-4). Grigor Dimitrovwinning the eighteenth game out of 22 played in 2023: a difficult match, which for sinner it got complicated with a break to zero immediately at the beginning of the second set after a first set conducted with the usual authority.

I’m satisfied with how I’m playing and how I served – Sinner’s words -. I have to make a commitment to evolve and be a less predictable player: I have to make an effort to always bring something new to my tennis. Before Alcaraz, the next hurdle will be the Russian Andrei Rublev: four previous meetings between the two, even if Rublev’s two victories came due to the withdrawal of Jannik, in Vienna in 2020 for blisters and last year at Roland Garros for a knee injury. He serves very well and powerfully both forehand and backhand – the analysis of the South Tyrolean -. Plus a lot of trust.

In case of victory, in the quarterfinals there would be one between the Finn Ruusuvuori and Dutch Van de Zandschulp. Then, at that point, one can think of Alcaraz. Waiting for Sinner and Rublev, the second blue remaining in the match in Miami will return to the field during the night: Lorenzo Sonegoat 1, he will face the American Frances Tiafoe.