Roger Federer beat American young person Frances Tiafoe in his first match at the Miami Open for a long time. The Swiss, 35, crushed the 19-year-old qualifier 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 to take his 2017 record to 14 wins and one misfortune.
Federer, who won has won the Australian Open and Indian Wells titles this year, missed Miami through sickness in 2016. Best seed Stan Wawrinka beat Horacio Zeballos 6-3 6-4, while ladies’ fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska was whipped 6-0 6-3 by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
“It’s quite tough conditions, raining and really windy today,” Swiss Wawrinka said.
“It’s really windy on the court, so it’s never easy. I’m happy with the way I was moving, the way I was playing and my attitude in general was really positive, so it’s a great match.” Federer got where he cleared out off in Indian Wells, winning his initial 20 benefit indicates in transit conquering an amazing exertion from Tiafoe, the world number 101.
“I’ve hit with Frances maybe twice before,” Federer said.
“I saw the power he had, the explosivity he had, how he easily can generate pace. He seemed to be fearless, good serving, taking the ball early and making the plays.
“What I like to see is when a younger player comes out and really feels he has nothing to lose and only has stuff to gain.”
“I would love to play against [Del Potro],” Federer said, speaking before knowing who his next opponent would be. “We’ve had some epic matches against each other. I’m sure the crowd would love to see it.”
Australian Nick Kyrgios won his match, and furthermore got a code infringement cautioning from the seat umpire for swearing at an onlooker who got out amid a point.
Kyrgios, the twelfth seed, dropped his initial two administration amusements, yet battled back to beat Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-3.
Austrian 6th seed Dominic Thiem lost 6-1 7-5 to 20-year-old Croat Borna Coric, however Belgian eighth seed David Goffin beat Darian King of Barbados 7-5 6-1, and Czech tenth seed Tomas Berdych conquered Russia’s Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-2.
During women’s draw, Croatian 26th seed Lucic-Baroni required only 20 minutes to win the opening set as she cleared past Poland’s Radwanska.
Spanish 6th seed Garbine Muguruza got through an extreme test to beat China’s Zhang Shuai 4 6-2 6-2.
Karolina Pliskova, the Czech second seed, beat Kazak 27th seed Yulia Putintseva 7-5 6-3.
In the men’s duplicates, fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares beat Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi 6-4 6-3.
