Carlos Alcaraz (16th) defeated Casper Ruud (8th) 7-5, 6-4 in the final to become the first Spanish champion in the history of the Miami Masters 1000, after eight finals lost by four different players for tennis in that country.
Without a doubt, since 1985, the year in which the first edition of this event was held, Spain has been one of the great powers of world tennis. However, I had a hex with the event taking place at Hard Rock Stadium since 2019: he had never been able to lift the crown in American cement. Nevertheless, Alcaraz came to end it.
25 years before Alcaraz champion in Miami, in 1997, Sergi Bruguera, who finished his career with two titles at Roland Garros, was on the verge of the title in Florida after falling in the final against the Austrian Thomas Muster 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-1. At that time, the finals of events in this category (today Masters 1000) were played in five sets.
In 2003 the final was the best of three sets and Carlos Moya, also champion in Paris and at the same time number one in the world, he could not face the historic American Andre Agassi and lost the final by double 6-3.
2005 was the year of explosion for Rafael Nadal, recent Australian Open champion and current elite tennis player, but clearly one of his thorns in Miami. In nearly 20 years at the top, failed to win there after trying in five finals: in that season he fell to the Swiss Roger Federer 2-6, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1. In 2008 his executioner was Nikolay Davydenko with runs of 6-4, 6-2. Later, in 2011 and 2014, two lost definitions against Novak Djokovic. 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the first instance and, three more years later, double 6-3. In 2017 he couldn’t either and again against His Majesty, who embittered the definition 6-4, 6-3
In the middle of the good campaign of the Manacorí, he slipped David Ferrer but, in 2013, Andy Murray lor stopped in the final by beating him 2-6, 6-4, 7-6. The ninth was the charm, because Alcaraz came to make history in Spain and throughout the tennis planet.
