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Frederico Silva eliminated in the debut of the Miami Masters 1,000
Frederico Silva was defeated by the 243rd placed in the world hierarchy, formerly ‘top 70’, in an hour and 44 minutes, with the partials 6-1 and 7-6 (7-3).
Kokkinakis, 24, made three ‘breaks’ in the first match and won the second partial in the tie-break to guarantee the passage to the second stage of the ‘qualifying’ and a meeting with the winner of the duel between the German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and the Spanish Mário Vilella Martinez.
After the defeat of Frederico Silva, 26, the Portuguese representation will be exclusively under the responsibility of João Sousa, number 103rd ATP, and Pedro Sousa, 111th placed in the world ranking, in the main table of the Masters 1,000 in Miami , which will take place between March 24th and April 4th, at the Hard Rock Stadium.
