First-round motion on the Miami Masters continues on Thursday, when the schedule is headlined by a NextGen showdown between Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien. Tallon Griekspoor is going through Tomas Martin Etcheverry.Joao Fonseca vs. Learner TienIt can be a rematch of the 2024 NextGen ATP Finals championship match when Fonseca and Tien meet once more in spherical one of many Miami Open on Thursday. They really confronted one another twice in Milan, the place Fonseca prevailed 4-0, 4-0, 1-4, 4-2 throughout round-robin competitors after which lifted the trophy with a 2-4, 4-3(8), 4-0, 4-2 victory.
Tallon Griekspoor vs. Tomas Martin EtcheverryAt No. 34 on this planet, Griekspoor missed out on a seed by one rating spot. And the rankings don’t lie–he’s with out query the most effective unseeded participant within the subject. Griekspoor is coming off a semifinal exhibiting in Dubai adopted by a quarterfinal run in Indian Wells, the place he knocked off No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev.
Up first for the Dutchman in Miami is Etcheverry, whom he has by no means confronted. It has largely been a battle in 2025 for the Forty fourth-ranked Argentine, who’s by far at his greatest on clay however didn’t even do a lot on the Golden Swing. Etcheverry misplaced straight away in Indian Wells to Jakub Mensik after which fell to Mensik but once more in his second match eventually week’s Cap Cana Challenger. All indicators level to Griekspoor staying sizzling and cruising into the final 64.
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