The Hard Rock Stadium witnessed one of the most unexpected results of the professional tennis season when Spanish tennis player and current world No. 1, Carlos Alcaraz, was knocked out of the Miami Open 2026. Who eliminated Carlos Alcaraz from Miami? In the third round of the Masters, American Sebastian Korda took advantage of the court conditions and the support of the stands to seal his ticket to the round of 16 with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 score, leaving the men's draw without its top favorite. The match was marked by the irregularity of the player from Murcia and the boldness of the American. Korda took the first set with authority thanks to a service break in the eighth game. Although Alcaraz showed his champion's mettle in the second set, remounting a deficit when his rival was serving for the match and winning five consecutive games to force a third set, he failed to maintain physical or mental stability in the final set. Korda regained his composure in the seventh game of the final set to break the Spaniard's serve and head towards the most significant victory of his career on the ATP circuit. This setback represents a heavy blow for Alcaraz's team, who cannot seem to shake the 'curse' that appears to haunt him on the Florida courts in recent editions. With this stumble, the Iberian cuts a streak of good performance on the North American tour and now must reconsider his training schedule with his technical team to prepare for the upcoming clay court tour in Europe.
