Daniil Medvedev and Yannick Shiner will fight for the Miami Open title at 20:00 (Cosmote Sport 6). Daniil Medvedev, in 5th Finals 2023, will be looking to win the 5th Masters of his career but also his 19th Tour title.

In doing so, he will have an ‘ally’ and tradition against the Italian, as the Russian has won all five duels between them, most recently again in the final, former world No. 1 at the indoor tournament in Rotterdam last February, to prevail 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.

The oxymoron is that the two players will meet for the first time in an outdoor tournament, as all five games played so far have been played on closed courts.

Shiner, who came off an epic semi-final against defending champion Carlos Alcarath, returns to the Florida Finals after 2021, where he was defeated by Hubert Hurkacs, and will seek his first Masters 1000 title as well as his eighth of his career win.

But to do that this time he must beat the most in-form player on the tour, Daniil Medvedev, who has recorded 23 wins in the last 24 games, the only loss coming in the Indian Wells final against Carlos Alcarath.

SOURCE: Tennis24

Petra Kvitova returned to winning the title when she defeated Elena Rybakina 7-6 (14), 6-2after an hour and 42 minutes of competition, and was crowned champion of the Miami Open of Florida.

This was the first WTA 1000 title for the 33-year-old Czech since 2018, when she also won the Madrid Open, being her 9th at those events and 30th overall in her career.

On the other hand, the 23-year-old Kazakh has 11 straight victories while claiming the Sunshine Double, which is one of the best players of the moment. Facts that make Kvitova’s performance even more important.

Technically, in the 1st set up to the 8th game (4:4), both went hand in hand in terms of points, until the number 12 in the world made the first break of the match, which Rybakina immediately erased (5:5). ).

With two back-to-back love matches, the match went to the tiebreak, which was shocking (to say the least) as it lasted almost 12.5 minutes and was decided in detail. Czech Republic won with individual results 16-14(!) and laid the foundation for victory (7-6(14).

In the second part, Kvitova, with the momentum clearly on her side, started with 3/3 games won and doubled her breaks in the match (3:0).

The difference lingered until Game 7 (5-2) when the Czech found a way to double match point and serve WTA No. 7 again to win their first title in 5(!) years.

SOURCE: Tennis24