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Magic In Miami: Tennis Insights

Magic In Miami: Tennis Insights

(March 17th to March 23th Recap)

Courtside Tennis & Emmanuel Okosun
March 25, 2024

It doesn’t get any better than this.

The finest tennis players in the world all traveled to Miami for the second leg of the Sunshine Double. So far, it has been an intense last couple of days; Upsets, rain delays, highlight reels, and much more.

Here’s what we found interesting this week.

New Videos‼

We uploaded 2 WHOLESOME videos for our beloved audience last week; A recap of the entire second week in Indian Wells and a full breakdown of what went wrong in Novak Djokovic’s shocking loss to Luca Nardi. Check them out here.

Meanwhile, you can expect our weekly special on Monday; An entire rundown of the first week in Miami in all of its glory.

What Happened Last Week

Top 10 players Andrey Rublev and Holger Rune saw early round upsets
Players complained of poor welfare from tournament organizers (link)
Tommy Paul suffered another ankle injury
Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz hope to win both legs of the Sunshine Double in one season
Gael Monfils continues to play unbelievable tennis

Ranking Updates

With the tournament still underway, we have to resort to live ranking. At the moment Naomi Osaka is Top 200 inbound. On the Men’s side, Fábián Marozsán looks to break into the Top 50 for the first time. The ATP live race is underway and here’s what it looks like at the moment

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Watch Out For This Player

Fábián Marozsán

The Hungarian is such a joy to watch and he is fast developing a reputation for being a giant slayer. Although he has been notorious for lacking in consistency in the past seasons, we believe that he is not a one-trick pony and that the 24-year-old has a Top 20 potential in him. Marozsán’s drop shots are a thing of beauty and his backhand is solid. His versatility and ability to vary the pace in rallies make him one special player to keep an eye on.

HOT TAKE

Novak Djokovic will win the 2024 French Open. We believe that one of the reason for Nole’s lackluster performances so far, has to do with a motivation factor. With clay being his priority this season, it is a little difficult to bet against him despite a difficult start to the year.