Miami Open 2024 Day 1 Recap

The 2024 Miami Open is underway, and the underside half of the draw have been the primary to finish their spherical of 128 matches on Wednesday.

Andy Murray vs Matteo Berrettini was the match of the day on Stadium Courtroom. Murray delivered a typical drama-filled efficiency. He was outplayed within the first set however hit again within the second because of the ailing Berrettini after which got here via the third because the stronger man bodily.

Elsewhere, the matchups weren’t something to put in writing house about, however one story was Darwin Blanch enjoying his first tour-level match because of a wildcard. The 16-year-old, who might cross as Ben Shelton’s youthful brother, is already serving at 120 mph+.

Whereas crushed comfortably by Machac, he did break within the opening recreation and confirmed glimpses of high-quality play, so he could possibly be one to observe over the subsequent few months.

You possibly can see the total day one outcomes beneath and choose highlights.

Day One 2024 Miami Open Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Dominik Koepfer
Marcos Giron
4-6 6-1 6-4

Matteo Arnaldi
Arthur Fils
6-3 6-4

Flavio Cobolli
Yoshihito Nishioka
1-6 6-1 6-4

Martin Damm
Zhizhen Zhang
7-6(2) 7-6(3)

Jack Draper
Taro Daniel
6-3 6-2

Marton Fucsovics
Max Purcell
6-2 6-1

Tomas Machac
Darwin Blanch
6-4 6-2

Alex Michelsen
Lukas Klein
7-6(5) 6-2

Andy Murray
Matteo Berrettini
4-6 6-3 6-4

Christopher O’Connell
Vit Kopriva
6-2 6-4

Thiago Seyboth Wild
Nuno Borges
6-4 7-5

Juncheng Shang
Miomir Kecmanovic
7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)

Denis Shapovalov
Luciano Darderi
6-3 3-7 6-4

Luca Van Assche
Pavel Kotov
6-3 7-5

Botic van de Zandschulp
Rinky Hijikata
7-5 7-6(3)

Andrea Vavassori
Pedro Cachin
6-2 6-2

Murray Blunts Berrettini

Andy Murray wants all the assistance he can get as of late to win matches on the Masters 1000 stage, and he received an enormous dose of that, because of Matteo Berrettini pulling up lame mid-way via the match.

The Italian has been fighting damage these days and hasn’t performed on tour since final yr’s US Open. He additionally had some bodily matches on the Phoenix Challenger final week, which appeared to take their toll in Miami.

After profitable the primary set because of his booming first serve, the Italian practically handed out when serving at 2-5 within the second set, utilizing his racket as a crutch to forestall himself from falling over. Dehydration? The consultants are baffled!

Murray captured that set and was the stronger participant within the third as his court docket craft proved an excessive amount of. Having the luxurious of dominating along with his forehand, the Brit received just about all of the longer baseline rallies. And barring somewhat little bit of late resilience within the ultimate few video games, Berrettini had little left to supply, as his motion was means beneath par.

It was clearly an ideal win for me. I began off a bit gradual, however I feel I performed fairly effectively from the center of the primary set till the tip of the match. I created many alternatives, and he struggled for a bit on the finish of the second and the start of the third. I capitalised on that and received off to a fast begin within the third. I served it out effectively ultimately. Murray on his win over the ailing Berrettini.

Arnaldi Foils Fils

Matteo Arnaldi is a part of an up-and-coming crop of younger Italian gamers, and he swept apart Arthur Fils, 6-3, 6-4, with a dominant show.

Arnaldi dropped simply eight factors on serve all through the match, and his recreation has loads of upside, as we noticed final yr on clay when he beat Fritz in Los Cabos final month and towards Alcaraz in Indian Wells.

I discovered it notably fascinating as I’ve watched Fils intently after the ATP just lately produced a video displaying the athletic capabilities of the ‘next-gen’ wherein the Frenchman got here out high in each bodily check. 

Nevertheless, the outcomes of the opposite gamers who additionally took half within the assessments are far superior, highlighting simply how large part of tennis is between the ears and hand/eye expertise.

For instance, Alex Michelsen was final in a lot of the assessments, but he’s scoring a lot greater wins, proving it’s probably not about how excessive you possibly can soar from a standing begin or how briskly you might be over 20 metres.

Different Matches of Be aware

Miami Open Day 2 Spherical of 128 Matches