'Horrendous': Aussie win marred by 'very bad' injury

Australia's Alexei Popyrin is done to the 2nd circular of the Miami Open aft his hostile was forced to discontinue during the 2nd acceptable of their match.

Popyrin was starring 7-6(5), 4-4 erstwhile Sweden's Mikael Ymer conceded the match, having earlier fallen awkwardly and twisted his near ankle.

Ymer laic connected the crushed successful agony clutching his ankle, successful what tennis writer Jose Morgado described arsenic "horrendous scenes".

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"Mikael Ymer conscionable got injured and looks very, precise bad. Popyrin trying to help," helium wrote.

Ymer struggled to determination aft the autumn earlier realising it was pointless continuing.

"It's truly tough, I deliberation this was 1 of the tougher ones I've had in my career," Popyrin said.

"He was not trying connected my serve, wholly letting the shot spell past, and past serving and moving rather good connected his serve.

"It was rather a unusual 1 for me, but I deliberation astatine the extremity it was atrocious and helium was truly struggling."

It's the 3rd consecutive twelvemonth Popyrin has reached astatine slightest the 2nd circular successful Miami, which is simply a Masters 1000 event. In 2021 helium made the 3rd round, wherever helium took a acceptable disconnected Daniil Medvedev.

Popyrin volition play the No.26 effect Botic van de Zandschulp successful the 2nd round.

Two different Aussies bowed out, with qualifier Aleksander Vukic going down to Serbia's Laslo Djere successful consecutive sets, portion 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin took retired Storm Hunter, 6-0, 7-6.

In different notable results, Serbia's Dusan Lajovic defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, portion Bianca Andreescu won the conflict of the US Open champions, downing Emma Raducanu, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

"You ne'er cognize what you're going to expect, I conscionable wanted to play my champion with what I had and I deliberation I did that," said Andreescu, who won the past 4 games of the match.

"Emma played astonishing and is an unthinkable player. I person a batch of respect for her and her results amusement however bully she is."

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