Britain’s Jacob Fearnley entered the second spherical of the Miami Open with a 7-6 (8), 2-6, 6-4 win over France’s Benjamin Bonzi on Thursday.
It was the 23-year-old’s first ATP Masters win and he needed to push himself to his bodily limits to earn it. He was beset with a leg damage within the second set and took a medical timeout forward of the third one to get remedy for his left hip.
However, he rallied on and earned himself a second-round showdown in opposition to world No. 2 Alexander Zverev. The 2 lately met on the Australian Open, the place the German received in straight units.
“That was extraordinarily tough, I used to be feeling my legs, particularly my left leg twitching a little bit bit once I moved to a forehand,” Fearnley instructed Sky Sports activities of his win.
“Simply needed to dig deep and by chance I obtained the break at the beginning of the third as a result of I believe that might have simply obtained away from me. Tremendous joyful to get the win and to maneuver on.”
In the meantime, Cameron Norrie suffered a primary spherical exit in Miami after a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Yunchaokete Bu.