The number 9 in the world left expressed in front of his rival, who is ranked 110, and advanced to the third round of the tournament, in which he will face the French Adrian Mannarino (36 of the ATP), winner of the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic by 6-3 and 6-4.
The only confrontation recorded on the circuit, in the 2018 Madrid Masters 1000 (brick dust), was in favor of the Argentine.
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Schwartzman, 28, aims to win his first Masters 1000 title in Miami, where he arrived as the fifth seed due to the absence of Serbian Novak Djokovic (1), Spanish Rafael Nadal (3), Austrian Dominic Thiem (4) and the Swiss Roger Federer (6).
With Saturday’s victory, “Peque” matched his best performances at the Florida State Masters 1000, reaching the third round in two (2017 and 2018) of his seven previous appearances.
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The top favorite of the tournament, which takes place in the Hard Rock Stadium complex, home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL, is the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who this Sunday will face the Australian Alexei Popyrin.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, second seeded, eliminated Bosnian Damir Dzumbur 6-1 and 6-4; the third, the German Alexander Zverev, was eliminated with the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 1-6, 6-3 and 6-1; while Russian Adrey Rublev -fourth- advanced to the third round after beating American Tennys Sandgren 6-1 and 6-2.
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