Buenos Aires, March 17 (NA) – Thiago Tirante lost in three sets to Spanish player Martín Landaluce in the second and last qualifying round of the Miami Masters 1000. Standing at two meters, the Frenchman combines a strong right-hand shot and a powerful serve, resources that allow him to compensate for a less consistent backhand and a return game that is not yet at the level of the best tournaments. Mpetshi had a start to 2026 with few results, although he reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 250 tournaments in Brisbane and Auckland. The player from La Plata, who is ranked 81st in the ATP rankings, lost 6-3, 5-7, and 4-6 to the Spaniard, who is ranked 151st in the world and is 20 years old. Argentine action will continue tomorrow with the main draw debut of Camilo Ugo Carabelli (66th) and Solana Sierra (63rd), the best national representative in the women's draw. Tirante was eliminated in the second qualifying round of the Miami Masters, the same stage where he also fell in Indian Wells, and still has not been able to access the main draw of a Masters 1000 since Cincinnati in August of last year, when he lost in the first round to Italian Luca Nardi after not getting through the qualifiers. Despite starting well, Tirante did not maintain the level: he took the first set thanks to two breaks in the third and ninth game (6-3), he started the second with a break in his favor but quickly lost his serve and ceded it again in the eleventh game, losing the set 7-5. Sierra comes from reaching the second round in Indian Wells, where she lost 6-0, 6-0 to Russian Mirra Andreeva (8th), and will not have points to defend in Miami since in the previous edition she did not have a high enough ranking to enter: her notable rise came after reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. In the decisive set, he lost his serve in the third game and did not find opportunities to recover it; Landaluce closed the match with a single match point. Regarding the next Argentines, Camilo Ugo Carabelli begins the defense of points in Miami after having reached the third round in the previous edition, where he was eliminated by Novak Djokovic. The match will open the Wednesday's schedule and will start at 12:00 (Argentine time), according to Agencia Noticias Argentinas. In addition, from 15:00, the Mar del Plata native Solana Sierra will face Uzbek Kamilla Rakhimova (82nd) for a place in the second round. Her first rival will be Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (59th).
