The Malaga tennis player Alejandro Davidovich, number 28 in the world rankings, said goodbye to the Miami Open this Sunday by losing in the third round to the eighth, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, 6-3 and 6-4 in one hour and 36 minutes.
Ruud, seventh seed in the tournament and finalist in 2022 (he lost in the title match with Carlos Alcaraz), thus achieved his 100th hard court victory in the ATP.
For his part, Davidovich has had a discreet time in the two spring Masters 1,000 on American soil since in Indian Wells the man from Malaga said goodbye at the first opportunity with a defeat in the second round against the Frenchman Arthur Fils, number 37.
Davidovich’s defeat in Miami also leaves Alcaraz (2) as the only Spanish representative still in competition. The Murcian will face the Frenchman Gael Monfils (47) this morning (not before midnight, Spanish time) in the third round. If he goes to the second round he would meet the winner of the duel between the Italian Musetti and the American Shelton.
In the women’s category, the Polish Iga Swiatek, world number one in women’s tennis, including a comeback, and the American Coco Gauff (no. 3) qualified this Sunday for the round of 16 of the Miami Open.
Swiatek defeated the Czech Linda Noskova (31) 6-7(7), 6-4 and 6-4 in a tough two-hour and 33-minute duel while Gauff had a much easier match against the French Oceane Dodin ( n.84), which he beat 6-4 and 6-0 in one hour and 4 minutes.
After the elimination of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (n.2), Paula Badosa’s executioner, Swiatek and Gauff are the two tennis players with the best ranking who continue in the Florida Masters 1,000. Swiatek will face the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (n.16) in the round of 16, while Gauff will face the French Caroline Garcia (n.27).
Swiatek has just won in Indian Wells and will try to seal the ‘Sunshine Double’, which is what is known as the double of triumphing in Indian Wells and Miami in the same year. Only four tennis players in the women’s competition have achieved it: Steffi Graf (1994 and 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005), Victoria Azarenka (2016) and Swiatek herself (2022).
