US EditionKouame becomes youngest Masters tennis winner since Nadal 22 years ago
Seventeen-year-old Moise Kouame overcame cramps and saved 10 of 12 break points to become the youngest Masters 1000 match winner since Rafael Nadal in 2003.
- On Thursday, Frenchman Moise Kouame defeated Zachary Svajda of the United States 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in his ATP Masters 1000 debut at Hard Rock Stadium during the Miami Open.
- Battling cramps throughout the 2-hour, 18-minute match, Kouame rallied after dropping the first set, becoming the youngest player to win a Masters 1000 match since Rafael Nadal in 2003.
- Kouame logged 32 errors compared to Svajda's 48, while the victory guarantees him at least $36,110 in prize money, climbing to $61,865 with another Round of 16 advance.
- Following his victory, Kouame received a congratulatory message from tennis great Novak Djokovic, prompting the teenager to say, "It's my dream, obviously, to meet him and to have a small chat with him."
- Kouame jumped 66 spots in the ATP live rankings and remains focused on recovery, stating, "The matches are not the most important. The most important is just to work and to be 100% focused on what you can control.
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Tennis-French teen Kouame ready for the limelight after Miami win
MIAMI, March 20 (Reuters) - French wildcard Moise Kouame said he will have to get used to the big time pretty quickly after the 17-year-old beat Zachary Svajda at the Miami Open on Thursday to become the youngest man to win an ATP Masters 1000 match since Rafa Nadal in 2003. Read full story
French tennis player Moise Kouame, aged just 17 years and 13 days, has triumphed in the first round of the Miami Open. In his first match at the ATP tournament, he defeated home player Zachary Swaida, ranked 96th in the world, 2:1 (5-7 6-4 6-4) in two hours and 17 minutes.
Frenchman Moise Kouame (ATP 385th), who just turned 17, advanced from the opening round of the Miami Masters tennis tournament.
Invited to the Miami Masters 1000, Moïse Kouamé won this Thursday the first success of his career on the ATP circuit. At only 17 years old, the Frenchman is already beginning to make talk about him on the tennis planet.
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