Australian Alexei Popyrin makes a promising return from harm on the ATP Masters 1000 match in Miami.
Miami, USA, 22 March 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alexei Popyrin has made a triumphant return on the ATP Masters 1000 match in Miami.
The 24-year-old Australian has been sidelined with an belly harm since advancing to the semifinals at an ATP occasion in Doha in February.
This compliant pressured the world No.45 to withdraw from current tournaments in Dubai and Indian Wells.
However in promising indicators, Popyrin powered previous Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-2 6-2 in his opening-round match as we speak on the Miami Open.
Popyrin didn’t lose a service sport throughout the 76-minute encounter with the world No.55.
This units up a second-round conflict with the match’s twenty sixth seed, Jiri Lehecka.
It will likely be Popyrin’s first profession assembly in opposition to the 22-year-old Czech, who was topped champion on the Adelaide Worldwide earlier this 12 months.
In males’s doubles motion, Thanasi Kokkinakis teamed up with Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas to tackle Aussie duo Alex de Minaur and Rinky Hijikata.
Kokkinakis and Tsitsipas proved to be a promising mixture, shifting into the second spherical with a 6-3 6-4 victory.
The wildcard pairing subsequent face the third seeds, world No.6 Joe Salisbury and world No.7 Rajeev Ram.
Aussies in motion – Miami
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) 6-2 6-2
Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) d Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 7-6(2) 6-3
Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) d [Q] Adam Walton (AUS) 7-5 6-4
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
[28] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) d Daria Saville (AUS)Â 7-5 7-5
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[WC]Â Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) d Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Rinky Hijikata (AUS)Â 6-3 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS)Â v Kwon Quickly-woo (KOR)
[33] Jordan Thompson (AUS)Â v Gael Monfils (FRA)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [21] Frances Tiafoe (USA)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS)Â v [26] Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
> VIEW: Miami Open males’s singles draw
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
Storm Hunter (AUS)Â v [20] Emma Navarro (USA)
> VIEW: Miami Open ladies’s singles draw
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Wang Xinyu (CHN)/Zheng Saisai (CHN)
[4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Veronika Kudermetova/Anastasia Potapova
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
John Friends (AUS)/Harri Heliovaara (FIN) v Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Mate Pavic (CRO)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS)Â v Ariel Behar (URU)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE)
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[WC]Â Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) v [3] Joe Salisbury (GBR)/Rajeev Ram (USA)
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