[SPORT] Roberto Bautista to debut in Miami against Lloyd Harris

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The South African Lloyd Harris, finalist in Dubai and winner in the first round of Emilio Nava, will be Bausita's first rival at the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami

South African tennis player Lloyd Harris is the first rival of Spanish Roberto Bautista at the Miami ATP Masters 1000 South African tennis player Lloyd Harris is the first rival of Spanish Roberto Bautista at the Miami ATP Masters 1000 (Francois Nel - Francois Nel / Getty)
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The South African Lloyd Harris beat the American Emilio Nava, coming from the previous phase, 6-4 and 7-6 (7), to become the rival of the Spanish Roberto Bautista, seventh favorite, in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 of Miami

Harris, 24, world 52, a finalist in Dubai this season where he lost to Aslan Karatsev, took an hour and 34 minutes to push through the engagement.

The South African has never played with Roberto Bautista.

In addition, the Taiwanese Yen Hsun Lu left the American Sam Querrey (6-3 and 6-4) out of the tournament to meet the first seed, the Russian Daniil Medvedev.

The North American Marcos Giron also made progress, who beat his compatriot Tommy Paul (7-6 (5) and 6-4). His next rival will be American Taylor Fritz, twenty-second seeded.

Frenchman Hugo Gaston took advantage of the tournament invitation and overcame the first section after beating German Dominik Koepfer (6-1, 6-4). Italian Jannik Sinner, twenty-first favorite, will be measured.

The North American Ernesto Escobedo did not give an option to the Italian Paolo Lorenzi, coming from the previous phase (6-3 and 6-2) and will play with the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, sixteenth, while the Lithuanian Ricardas Barankis beat the Italian Federico Gaio (7- 6 (4) and 6-2) to meet the German Jan Lennard Struff, thirty-first seeded.

German Yanick Hanfmann beat American Steve Johnson (7-5 and 6-2) and met Russian Karen Khachanov, fourteenth seed while Australian James Duckworth needed three sets to beat German Mischa Zverev (6-2,4- 6 and 6-4) of the previous phase, and became the rival of Belgian David Goffin, ninth.