Argentinian tennis player Tomás Etcheverry (32nd) defeated the Spanish player Rafael Jodar (109th) in straight sets to advance to the eighth finals of the Miami Masters 1000, the second tournament of this category in the season. According to the Argentinian News Agency, the victory for the native of La Plata was 7-5 and 6-4. In addition, the Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz (1st) was surprised by the American Sebastian Korda (36th), who defeated him 6-3, 5-7, and 6-4 to also advance to the fourth round of the American tournament. With the win, the 26-year-old Argentine reached the 30th place in the live ATP ranking, just three positions away from matching his best historical position in the world ranking, and will play against the American Tommy Paul (23rd), which is already his best career participation in the tournament held in the state of Florida. Etcheverry's win statistics. Argentinian News Agency/Sofascore. Tomás Etcheverry continues to advance and assert himself at the start of a positive 2026, which comes as a breath of fresh air after a 2025 season that left him with more doubts than certainties. The Argentine had a very well-received South American tour, being a semifinalist at the Argentina Open and champion in Rio, results that allowed him to rest and withdraw from the ATP 250 in Santiago to prepare for a US Masters 1000 tour where, for the first time in a long time, he started as a seed. His seeded status allowed him to avoid the first round in both Indian Wells and the current Miami tournament, although he could not take advantage of it in the tournament held in the California desert, falling in his debut to the Canadian Dennis Shapovalov. Nevertheless, Etcheverry reached the second week of the Miami Masters, something noteworthy whenever it is achieved by an Argentine player, and has accumulated wins against the Belgian Zizou Bergs and, during Sunday's play, against Jodar. With two breaks, one per set, and opportunism in the first of them by achieving it in the last service game of his rival, the player from La Plata had a good service performance, with a 76% of points won with the first and 56% with the second, to reach the eighth finals of a Masters for the first time.
