Miami Open 2024 Day 1 Recap

The 2024 Miami Open is underway, and the underside half of the draw had 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 due to the ailing Berrettini after which got here by means of the third because the stronger man bodily.

Elsewhere, the matchups weren’t something to jot down house about, however one story was Darwin Blanch enjoying his first tour-level match due to a wildcard. The 16-year-old, who may go as Ben Shelton’s youthful brother, is already serving at 120 mph+.

Whereas crushed comfortably by Machac, he did break within the opening sport and confirmed glimpses of high-quality play, so he may very well be one to observe over the following few months.

You may 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 today to win matches on the Masters 1000 degree, and he acquired a large dose of that, due to Matteo Berrettini pulling up lame mid-way by means of the match.

The Italian has been fighting harm 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 successful the primary set due to his booming first serve, the Italian almost handed out when serving at 2-5 within the second set, utilizing his racket as a crutch to stop himself from falling over. Dehydration? The consultants are baffled!

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

It was clearly a terrific win for me. I began off a bit sluggish, however I believe I performed fairly effectively from the center of the primary set till the top 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 acquired off to a fast begin within the third. I served it out effectively in the long run. 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 sport has a number of upside, as we noticed final yr on clay when he beat Fritz in Los Cabos final month and in opposition to Alcaraz in Indian Wells.

I discovered it significantly attention-grabbing as I’ve watched Fils intently after the ATP just lately produced a video exhibiting the athletic capabilities of the ‘next-gen’ during which the Frenchman got here out high in each bodily take a look at. 

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

For instance, Alex Michelsen was final in many of the exams, but he’s scoring a lot greater wins, proving it’s not likely about how excessive you’ll be able to soar from a standing begin or how briskly you might be over 20 metres.

Different Matches of Observe

Miami Open Day 2 Spherical of 128 Matches