Two duels between French and Australian players were scheduled for Wednesday in Miami on behalf of the 1st round. In both matches, victory went to the representative of Australia. Nick Kyrgios eliminated Adrian Mannarino (7-6, 6-3), Thanasi Kokkinakis ejected Richard Gasquet (6-4, 6-2). The two Habs had already stopped at Indian Wells.
France: 0, Australia: 2. The match between the two countries, which had been reserved for the first round in Miami in the draw for the Floridian Masters 1000, turned clearly in favor of the Australians on Wednesday. Whether it’s Adrian Mannarino facing Nick Kyrgios or one of our other 30-somethings Richard Gasquet, opposed to Thanasi Kokkinakis, the two drank heavily (7-6, 6-3 and 6-4, 6-2) and will therefore not see the second round of the tournament any more than Benoît Paire and Gilles Simon, also ejected from the start. Faced with the two friends, Mannarino and Gasquet, already out in the first round at Indian Wells, did not weigh heavily. With the exception of the first set of the first against the recent quarter-finalist in Indian Wells, the two Frenchmen never offered any real resistance to their respective opponents.
Mannarino and Gasquet a tone below
The Francilien lost 7-6, 6-3 against the 102nd in the world. The Biterrois was beaten even more dryly (6-4, 6-2), against the 97th in the standings, yet from qualifying. Either way, the games were slow to get going, but once the tone was set, Kyrgios, like Kokkinakis, left only crumbs for our two representatives. And if Mannarino hung up to 6-6 the one who had been very close to crunching Rafael Nadal in California last week, in the decisive game, already, there was no photo between the two men (7-3 in favor of Kyrgios). The latter will face Andrey Rublev. “Kokkiboy” will be opposed to Diego Schwartzman. There are only six Tricolores left in the table.
MIAMI (USA, Masters 1000, outdoor hard, €7,792,680)
Defending champion: Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
1st round
Medvedev (RUS, n°1) – Bye
Delbonis (ARG) – A.Murray (GBR, WC)
Martinez (ESP) – Struff (ALL)
Garin (CHI, n ° 27) – Bye
Basilashvili (GEO, n°18) – Bye
Brooksby (USA) – Coria (ARG)
Baez (ARG) – Majchrzak (POL)
Bautista Agut (ESP, n ° 15) – Bye
Shapovalov (CAN, n°12) – Bye
Harris (AFS) – Bagnis (ARG)
Gomez (EQU, Q) – Nishioka (JAP, Q)
Evans (GBR, n°24) – Bye
Karatsev (RUS, n°29) – Bye
Bedene (SLO) – Humbert (FRA)
Djere (BE) – Rinderknech (FRA)
Hurkacz (POL, n°8) – Bye
Tsitsipas (GRE, n ° 3) – Bye
Altmaier (ALL) – Wolf (USA, Q)
Tsonga (FRA) – Thompson (AUS)
De Minaur (AUS, n ° 25) – Bye
Cilic (CRO, n°21) – Bye
Musetti (ITA) – Popyrin (AUS)
Fucsovics (HUN) – Giron (USA)
Alcaraz (ESP, n°14) – Bye
Fritz (USA, n°11) – Bye
Kukushkin (KAZ, Q) – Van de Zandschulp (PBS)
Paul (USA) – Bonzi (FRA)
Khachanov (RUS, n°23) – Bye
Ramos-Vinolas (ESP, n°32) – Bye
Korda (USA) – Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
Sock (USA, Q) – Kecmanovic (SER)
Auger-Aliassime (CAN, n°7) – Bye
Rublev (RUS, n°5) – Bye
Kyrgios (AUS, WC) bat Mannarino (FRA) : 7-6 (3), 6-3
Daniel (JAP, Q) bat Munar (ESP, Q) : 6-3, 6-4
Fognini (ITA, n ° 31) – Bye
Carreno Busta (ESP, n°17) – Bye
Goffin (BEL) one Carballes Baena (ESP): 6-2, 6-3
Rose Mountain (FIN) bat Cressy (USA) : 6-3, 6-2
Sinner (ITA, n°9) – Bye
Opelka (USA, n°16) – Bye
F.Cerundolo (ARG) bat Griekspoor (PBS): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Eight (ALL) bat Krueger (USA, Q) : 6-3, 6-4
Monfils (FRA, n ° 22) – Bye
Tiafoe (USA, n°28) – Bye
Nakashima (USA) bat Kwon (CdS) : 6-1, 7-5
J.Cerundolo (ARG) beat Lajovic (SER): 6-3, 7-5
Berrettini (ITA, n°4) – Bye
Ruud (NOR, n°6) – Bye
Laaksonen (SUI) bat Pair (FRA) : 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-4
Galan (COL, Q) bat Millman (AUS): 6-4, 6-2
Bublik (KAZ, n ° 30) – Bye
Isner (USA, n°20) – Bye
Gaston (FRA) bat Nava (USA, WC) : 6-2, 6-1
Draper (GBR, WC) bat Simon (FRA) : 7-5, 6-1
Norrie (GBR, n°10) – Bye
Schwartzman (ARG) – Bye
Kokkinakis (AUS, Q) bat Gasquet (FRA) : 6-4, 6-2
Food (USA, Q) bat J.Shang (CHN, WC): 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4
Sonego (ITA, n ° 19) – Bye
Dimitrov (BUL, n ° 26) – Bye
McDonald (USA) bat Koepfer (ALL) : 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4
Coric (CRO) bat Verdasco (ESP, Q) : 6-4, 7-5
A.Zverev (ALL, n°2) – Bye
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