Aussie No.1 Alex De Minaur prices into fourth spherical at Miami Open | 26 March, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Alex de Minaur is having fun with a career-best run on the ATP Masters 1000 match in Miami, advancing to the fourth spherical for the primary time.

The highest-ranked Australian scored a third-round victory over German Jan-Lennard Struff at the moment, taking revenge after dropping his two earlier matches towards the world No.25.

De Minaur had the higher hand this time, prevailing 7-6(3) 6-4 in a single hour and 49 minutes.

After a good first set on serve, De Minaur had a number of break-point alternatives within the second, which he capitalised at 3-2 to shut out the match.

Regardless of making simply 48 per cent of his first serves for the match, the world No.10 didn’t drop a service recreation, and solely allowed one break-point alternative for Struff.

De Minaur strikes into the fourth spherical of his third-consecutive occasion, the place he’ll face Hungarian Fabian Marozsan for a spot within the Miami Open quarterfinals.

“I do know precisely what to anticipate, he’s a hell of a participant, he’s enjoying nice and he’s tremendous harmful,” De Minaur mentioned.

“Hopefully I can come out tomorrow and play some good tennis and we are going to see what occurs.”

With this victory, De Minaur extends his lead because the participant with probably the most ATP main-draw singles wins to date in 2024.

Marozsan spoiled the chance for an all-Australian fourth-round match-up, defeating Aussie Alexei Popyrin 7-5 6-3 within the third spherical.

In males’s doubles motion, John-Patrick Smith and his Dutch accomplice Sem Verbeek take advantage of their alternative as alternates within the draw, scoring a robust victory over the eighth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.

Smith and Verbeek now face the highest seeds, Aussie Matt Ebden and his Indian accomplice Rohan Bopanna, within the quarterfinals.

Aussies in motion – Miami

RESULTS
Males’s singles, third spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [24] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6(3) 6-4
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 7-5 6-3

Males’s doubles, second spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) d Hugo Nys (MON)/Jan Zielinski (POL) 7-5 7-6(3)
[Alt] John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Sem Verbeek (NED) d [8] Wesley Koolhof (NED)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) 6-3 6-3
[2] Ivan Dodig (CRO)/Austin Krajicek (USA) d Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-3 6-2
[3] Joe Salisbury (GBR)/Rajeev Ram (USA) d [WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7-5 7-6(4)

Girls’s doubles, second spherical
Dayana Yastremska (UKR)/Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) d [4] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 7-6(6) 6-4

COMING UP
Males’s singles, fourth spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Fabian Marozsan (HUN)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [2] Jannik Sinner (ITA)

Males’s doubles, quarterfinal
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v [Alt] John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Sem Verbeek (NED)