Carlos Alcaraz cuts through the noise to ease past Joao Fonseca at Miami Open
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World No 1 beats Brazilian 6-4, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium
Spaniard says teenager ‘reminds me a lot [of me] when I was his age’
As Carlos Alcaraz worked through his service motion midway through his opening match at the Miami Open, a scream pierced the night-time air. One of the 16,000 spectators breathlessly cheering Alcaraz’s demise had attempted to distract the Spaniard just before he struck the ball. In a spectacular atmosphere unlike many other Masters 1000 second round matches in recent memory, Alcaraz maturely navigated both a passionate, adversarial crowd and a prodigious teenage opponent in Joao Fonseca to reach the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Continue reading...