Top seed Carlos Alcaraz and defending Miami Open winner Daniil Medvedev both won handily on Tuesday to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz and defending Miami Open winner Daniil Medvedev both won handily on Tuesday to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals. In eighty-five minutes, Medvedev defeated German Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (7/5), 6-0, and Alcaraz defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-3. Jannik Sinner, the second seed from Italy, advanced to the round of eight as well, defeating Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-3.
Alcaraz, who is chasing the ‘Sunshine Double’ after triumphing at Indian Wells, was too strong for Musetti, the 23rd seed, despite the Italian’s contribution to an entertaining match.
After a rally in the third game of the second set, when Musetti clipped the ball between his legs and lobbing Alcaraz, the stadium court erupted. However, the Spaniard returned the ball with a “tweener,” losing the point to a skillful volley at the net.
But all things considered, Alcarez, whose all-around game appears to be in good health, won easily.
“I’m not sure if this is the greatest game I’ve ever played, but it certainly feels like the finest. It’s the nicest sensation since the summer, he continued. “I feel great on the court, I’m moving great, I am not injured, and I’m not thinking about my ankle anymore.”
Alcaraz will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals. Dimitrov defeated Pole Hubert Hurkacz, winning 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) in a third set tie-break.
gradual acceleration
Medvedev started the first set tie-break behind 4-0 after making an atypically careless sequence of unintentional errors on the Stadium court.
Despite his worries about the balls’ quick deterioration on the hard court surface, Medvedev proved he was comfortable with the circumstances by winning all the subsequent games after overturning that deficit.
The Russian implied that Koepfer had found it difficult to bounce back from the setback of losing his tie-break advantage.
“I believe that losing the opening set in the same manner that he did occasionally occurs. He performed admirably and was perhaps closer to winning it because of the 4/0 in the tie-break. Losing a set like that, particularly when the points were difficult, depletes your energy, the player stated.
The fourth-ranked player in the world, Medvedev, will take on Nicolas Jarry of Chile, who defeated Ruud of Norway, the seventh seed, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.
Encouraged by a sizable group of Chilean fans, Jarry led Ruud with 39 wins to 17 and was thrilled to make it into the final eight.
“I’m really pleased with how I performed. On the court, I was really strong and rarely missed easy balls. The circumstances were really difficult. He remarked, “Casper is a grinder, and the wind was really bad.
Italy’s Sinner fell behind 3-1 against O’Connell in the opening set as the Australian deftly changed up his strategy, asking his Italian opponent a range of questions.
At 0–30, he might have faced a double break, but he rallied well to win the set in 58 minutes.
Sinner had an easier time in the second set, breaking O’Connell in his first serve game and then cruising to victory.
“He got off to a great start; I made a few blunders. It’s never easy being a break down, especially in the beginning,” Sinner remarked.
Sinner’s opponent in the quarterfinals will be Czech Tomas Machac, who defeated Matteo Arnaldi, another Italian, 6-3, 6-3.
57th-ranked Fabian Marozsan of Hungary extended his remarkable run of form by defeating ninth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur 6-4, 0-6, 6-1.
Playing in just his fourth Masters 1000 event, Maroszan will face German Alexander Zverev in his second quarterfinal at this level. He will break into the top 40 in Monday’s rankings.
Fiveth in the world In 69 minutes, Zverev destroyed Karen Khachanov 6-1, 6-4. Throughout the match, he only dropped nine points on his serve and never faced a break point.