The Miami quarter-finals could have opposed two Frenchmen in a Masters 1000. It will not be. Quentin Halys and Adrian Mannarino failed to make it past the round of 16 between Tuesday and Wednesday.
After a big delay in the programming due to the rain, which was invited during the matches, Quentin Halys challenged Daniil Medvedev at the very end of the day with the hope of reaching a new milestone against the former world No. , after victories over Alex de Minaur and Mackenzie McDonald in the previous rounds. But the match turned short, very short: in 1h10 of play, the Russian quickly dismissed any exploit from the 26-year-old Bondynois, who was playing his first round of 16 in the Masters 1000 (6-4, 6-2).
The recent finalist from Indian Wells will have on his way the surprising Christopher Eubanks, 119th in the world, who for his part defeated the other Frenchman in the running, Adrian Mannarino. The 62nd in the world was eliminated after two decisive games 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5) by the American, who will play his first quarter-finals in Masters 1000.
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The 34-year-old Frenchman can harbor regrets after missing no less than eight break points out of the nine he got, during this close match, interrupted for around four hours due to rain. When he was able to resume, it was time to play the decisive game of the first set and it was Eubanks, who came back in the game better, relying on his first ball (8 aces in this set).
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The two players then remained very solid on their commitments, so much so that the decision was still made at the tie-break. Eubanks was even more realistic there, bludgeoning Mannarino on his backhand, who fell after one of his ankles turned slightly. It was finally on a winning comeback, after midnight local time, that the 26-year-old American won to pursue his American dream.
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