Miami: Matteo beats Gaston in his debut, Lorenzo defeats Auger-Aliassime and finds Djokovic in the eighth-finals. There is Paolini-Osaka in the women's. Berrettini and Musetti, our American dream continues

There is still some bright blue in Miami. In Florida Masters 1000 which completes the Sunshine Double American, and who unfortunately has already recorded several exits, the good news yesterday came first from Matteo Berrettini. The Roman giant broke his personal taboo in the tournament and by entering directly into the second round earned the pass to the third by beating the French lucky loser Hugo Gaston (n.88) with a score of 4-6 6-3 6-3. Matteo had never won a match in three participations. He will meet tonight in the round of 19.30, not before 51 Italian time, the Belgian Zizou Bergs, number XNUMX ATP fresh from a victory over Rublev. Matteo is finding himself more and more and if his backhand also starts to work, it could be painful for everyone.

Then it was Lorenzo Mustetti to attract applause. The Italian, number 16 in the ranking, won in a comeback in three sets against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, number 19 ATP, with the score of 4-6 6-2 6-3. In the eighth finals 'Muso' will face Novak Djokovic who defeated the Argentine Ugo Carabelli 6-1 7-6(1). It is worth noting how the Tuscan returned to beat a top 20 player after a year, and how he had never managed to prevail over the Canadian on fast courts before yesterday. After his exit in the third round at Indian Wells, Musetti is back with all his talent. Yesterday in response he made the difference, then few unforced errors. At 16pm Italian time, in the women's tournament, Jasmine Paolini (n.7) faces the Japanese Naomi Osaka in the eighth finals, winner of 4 Slams and now down to number 61. Yesterday Jas, paired with Sara Errani, however, exited the doubles tournament losing against the Spanish Bucsa and the Japanese Kato with a score of 6-7 (4) 2-6.