With an excellent tennis, Fran Cerú went down to Tommy Paul and advanced to the Miami Open eighths

Francisco closing it (24th of the ATP) played a great game again to get into the round of 16 Miami Open. In an hour and 32 minutes, he surpassed the host Tommy Paul (13th) 6-2 and 7-6 (4).

The first and a half set that the Argentine played was very close to perfection. Fast leg and very precise with his blows, he greatly bother his rival and quickly put himself 6-2 and 4-1 in the last shift of Hard Rock Stadium.

However, and as indicated by the history between the two in which none had been able to win in corridos sets, the meeting was matched from one moment to another because the 27 -year -old and owner of four titles in the Tourminimized his mistakes while the Buenos Aires was less solid.

However, the eldest of the brothers would take out their fierce right to bluntly close the lawsuit in the tie-breakertake over a triumph that fills him with trust and Overcome a rival for five times five times (Now he leads the history against Paul 5-2).

Besides, Nicolás Pastor’s pupil, recent executioner of German Alexander Zverev (2nd) in Buenos Aires and the Australian Alex de Miñaur (11th) in Indian Wells, He reached the fourth round in Miami Masters 1000 for the third time, After what was done in the 2022 editions (it reached the semifinals) and 2023 (quarterfinals).

For its part, the one born in Voorhees, New Jersey, semifinalist at the Australia Open 2023, It is 0-4 against rivals located within the top 50 for 2025. Her last victory against a player of this nature signed her against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10th at that time) in the final of the Atp 250 of Stockholm, in October last year, to lift her fourth title.

In the next round, closing it will be measured in front of the Norwegian Casper Ruud (6th), which he won in four of the seven clashes with each other, product of the celebrations in Bastad (2022), Barcelona (2023), Paris (2023) and Laver cup (2024), and the falls in Miami (2022), Rome (2023) and in the Olympics (2024).

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