Tirante easily defeated Federer’s viral fan and was one win away from the Indian Wells team

Conditions from start to finish imposed by the Argentine Thiago Tirante (74°) this Monday, when he extended his great moment by destroying the illusions of the viral fan of Swiss Roger Federerthe local youth Izyan Ahmadbeating him 6-1 and 6-2 in the first phase of the qualy of the Indian Wells Masters 1000.

In his absolute debut in the Californian event, the 24-year-old from La Plata, currently in the best ATP world ranking of his career, gave no room for doubts against “Zizou”, barely 15 and guest by the organization to debut at the highest level, which had acquired fame by asking the legendary Swiss player not to retire until they faced each other as a child, totaling 24 winnersfour break points achieved and no break point opportunities granted in just one hour and 9 minutes of play.

Therefore, the main albiceleste singles player in the series against South Korea for the Davis Cup Qualifiers, who had just advanced to the quarterfinals in Rio de Janeiro and to the round of 16 at the Chile Open, caught his sixth success in the preliminary phase of a tournament of the category, fifth on hard court, after Miami 2025 and Cincinnati 2025, the only occasions in which it reached the main draw.

In pursuit of sealing his third ticket to the main draw of a Masters 1000, the former junior number 1 will collide with the winner of the duel between the Chilean Nicholas Jarry (154°) and the Italian Francesco Maestrelli (114°).

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