By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, March 25, 2023
MIAMI—Stefanos Tsitsipas walked into the Miami Open third spherical—and labored up a sweat anyway.
The second-seeded Greek superior to the spherical of 32 when scheduled opponent Richard Gasquet withdrew with an ankle damage.
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Tsitsipas, who misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz in Miami final yr, will play both Twenty seventh-seeded Sebastian Baez or Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin for a spot within the spherical of 16.
After the walkover, Tsitsipas hit the observe court docket, labored up a sweat and drew a crowd hitting with Alex de Minaur.
Australian Open finalist Tsitsipas and Aussie de Minaur have been working towards proper subsequent to a shirtless Carlos Alcaraz.
Their observe periods drew an enormous crowd of followers watching them hit earlier than the midday scheduled begin time on Hard Rock Stadium.
As a results of Tsitsipas’ walkover, the Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jiri Lehecka match, initially scheduled for Court 1, was moved to Hard Rock Stadium Court.
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