The biggest contender for the title in Miami, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz He was eliminated in the first round, and the Belgian veteran was better than him. David Gofan who is currently ranked 55th on the ATP rankings.

Alcaraz was not even a shadow of the tennis player who had already won this tournament once and was "chasing" the first place on the ATP list.

The Spanish tennis player won the first set, but then gave in and allowed Goffin to dominate the court (5:7, 6:4, 6:3).

On the other hand, this was not the first time Goffin had defeated Alcaraz, he had also beaten him in 2022 in Astana, also on hard courts. Including these two victories against Alcaraz, the Belgian has now won three straight against top-three rivals, having beaten him last year and Alexander Zverev.

"I love these kinds of matches in the biggest stadiums," said a somewhat forgotten Goffin after the victory.

In 2017, the Belgian was ranked seventh in the world, but then faced injury problems.

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