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First round action from the Miami Open

Friday, March 27 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    There were wins for Nicolas Almagro, Donald Young, Carlos Berlocq and Jack Sock in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday (25 March). Sam Querrey, Dominic Thiem and Juan Monaco were also victorious in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday (25th March)

    Script:

    First round action from the Miami Open, and Nicolas Almagro set up a second round meeting with countryman Rafael Nadal after outlasting Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.

    The world number 74 struck 16 aces in the two-hour and 19-minute contest, saving five of the six break points he faced to claim his first hard-court win of the season.

    Donald Young advanced to the second round after opponent Yen-Hsun Lu retired down 1-5 in the first set due to a neck injury.

    Carlos Berlocq needed two hours and 22 minutes under the glaring South Florida sun to get past 18-year-old Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

    The Argentine capitalised on six of his 10 break chances to beat the wild card 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

    Jack Sock continued to build momentum in his comeback from hip surgery after reaching the fourth round in singles and winning the doubles title last week at Indian Wells.

    The American, ranked defeated Japan's Go Soeda 6-3, 6-4 to advance.

    Elsewhere Sam Querrey beat Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 6-4, 6-3.

    It was a narrow but straight-sets win for Austrian Dominic Thiem over Diego Schwartzman.

    Thiem won 7-6, 7-5 to reach the second round.

    He'll be joined by Juan Monaco, who defeated Ruben vof Belgium, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.

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