Dominic Thiem, who is in a veritable low, has to deal with the Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the Masters tennis tournament in Miami. Against the world number 59. Thiem has a 1:1 balance. The Lower Austrian, who was defeated in eight of his nine matches this year, is currently 106th in the ranking and in the Miami main field only thanks to a wildcard. Should Thiem assert himself once morest Sonego, he would meet Briton Daniel Evans, number 23.
Filip Misolic has to try it in Florida via the qualification. The Styrian is through to the second round as his Argentinian opening opponent Camilo Ugo Carabelli resigned to Misolic at a score of 6-3, 5-3. Misolic’ opponent for a place in the main draw is Russian Roman Safiullin. Julia Grabher was beaten by the Czech Teresa Martincova 6:4,3:6,2:6 in the second qualifying round of the WTA tournament in Miami.