Carlos Alcaraz’s path to getting the eighth player to gain the Sunshine Double was established on Monday. But the Spaniard will require to defeat a sequence of tricky assessments if he is to defend his Miami Open introduced by Itau title and hold on to major location in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
The Spaniard lifted the trophy in south Florida past yr and comes this 7 days off the back of a run to the title in Indian Wells, which propelled him back to Environment No. 1. The 19-year-old will have to earn his fourth ATP Masters 1000 crown in Miami to continue to be on top rated, although, the place he starts from Argentine Facundo Bagnis or a qualifier.
Alcaraz could encounter former Globe No. 1 and two-time Miami champion Andy Murray in the third spherical and in-sort American Tommy Paul in the fourth spherical. The top rated seed is seeded to confront ninth seed Taylor Fritz or seventh seed Holger Rune in the quarter-finals and could renew his rivalry in opposition to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals.
The Italian Sinner, who could meet Andrey Rublev in the fourth round and 3rd seed Casper Ruud in the quarter-finals, misplaced to Alcaraz in the Indian Wells semi-finals very last week in their fifth ATP Head2Head assembly.
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The third seed Casper Ruud arrived at his very first ATP Masters 1000 final in Miami final year and will be hoping the challenging-courtroom function can the moment once more present him with a springboard to create from. Keeping a 4-5 file on the season, the Norwegian opens towards Ilya Ivashka or a qualifier and is seeded to meet Alexander Zverev in the fourth round. The German Zverev starts from Arthur Rinderknech or Taro Daniel.
In the base 50 percent of the draw, Daniil Medvedev will appear to begin a different profitable run when he opens from Bernabe Zapata Miralles or Roberto Carballes Baena. The 27-year-aged won 19 matches in a row prior to Alcaraz defeated him in the Indian Wells ultimate.
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The fourth seed could meet Matteo Berrettini in a blockbuster fourth-round clash and Hubert Hurkacz or Cameron Norrie in the quarter-finals. Hurkacz lifted the biggest trophy of his career in Miami in 2021 and attained the semi-finals previous calendar year.
Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will seem to bounce back from an opening-round exit in Indian Wells when he will take on Richard Gasquet or a qualifier. The Greek, who relished a operate to the quarter-finals in Miami in 2021, is seeded to fulfill seventh seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the very last eight. The Canadian Auger-Aliassime, at this time at a profession-high No. 6 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, could enjoy Indian Wells semi-finalist Frances Tiafoe in the fourth round. Auger-Aliassime arrived at the semi-finals in Miami on his debut in 2019.
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#NextGenATP American Ben Shelton will enjoy Chinese wild card Juncheng Shang or Adrian Mannarino on his debut in Maimi, with Hurkacz a potential third-spherical opponent.
