Top-ranked revenge: British upstart to face number one seed after Miami win

Battling Fearnley earns clash with top seed Zverev

Edinburgh tennis ace Jacob Fearnley will face top seed and world No 2 Alexander Zverev in the second round of the Miami Masters tournament on Saturday after a truly remarkable opening win. The 23-year-old Scot seemed down and out against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi when, hampered by what appeared upper leg cramping, he lost four successive […] The post Battling Fearnley earns clash with top seed Zverev appeared first on The Edinburgh Reporter.

Top-ranked revenge: British upstart to face number one seed after Miami win

Great Britain's Jacob Fearnley advances to meet Alexander Zverev in the second round of the Miami Open, but Cameron Norrie falls to a first-round exit.

Despite a break in advance at the beginning of the third set, Benjamin Bonzi gave up against Scotsman Jacob Fearnley in three rounds (7-6 [6], 2-6, 6-4), on Thursday for his entry into the tournament in Miami.

And this time, Benjamin Bonzi added himself to the long list of three-colored victims of a Jacob Fearnley who is now fifteen consecutive victories against our representatives. The 28-year-old Gardois would have gone well, he who had already pulled out of the game, two weeks earlier at Indian Wells, against the American returner Jenson Brooksby. Against the latter, Bonzi had not been able to force the decision while his opponent seemed largely wi…

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