David Goffin shocks Carlos Alcaraz 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday. Goffin will have to play Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Goffin added to his prize money $ 25,180 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Belgian will add $ 42,785 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.
Highlights David Goffin vs. Carlos Alcaraz Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Goffin and Alcaraz is 2-1 for David.
Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Goffin will fight against Nakashima in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that David Goffin and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 7-64 6-2 in the quarter in Acapulco back in February 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Carlos won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Alcaraz broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Alcaraz failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Carlos was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Belgian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 73 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Goffin (41-32). Alcaraz surrendered 13 points on serve (26-13). On the losing side, David conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that David conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Goffin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, David didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. The Belgian won 8 points more than Alcaraz (36-28). The Belgian surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Alcaraz conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Goffin was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0). David to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
David converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (2-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, David didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Goffin conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Alcaraz (28-24). David conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
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