Miami Open 2024 Day 6 Recap

The Miami draw lastly appears to be shifting on. The final sixteen lineup is ready after Carlos Alcaraz and Sascha Zverev progressed from Monday’s spherical of 32 matches.

Alcaraz is on a quest to seize the Sunshine Double, and he’s trying bang in type. He dispatched Gael Monfils with ease, whereas Zverev, the fourth seed, had a trickier time towards Eubanks.

All of the day’s matches went in accordance with their seeding, aside from Musetti, seeded twenty eighth, who took out sixteenth Shelton within the evening session in an entertaining recreation the place their playstyles contrasted properly.

Other than the on-court motion, Andy Murray revealed that he’d suffered a whole rupture of his anterior talofibular ligament and a close to complete rupture of calcaneofibular ligament when he went over on his ankle towards Tomas Machac. Which means an prolonged interval on the sidelines and throwing a spanner into the works relating to his summer season retirement plan.

You’ll be able to see the outcomes from day six beneath and choose highlights.

Day Six 2024 Miami Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Zverev Eliminates Eubanks

Solely a miracle match-point save towards Dan Evans saved Chris Eubanks within the event. Whereas he got here out swinging, his Miami journey ended after a 7-6(4), 6-3 loss to Sascha Zverev.

The primary set was comparatively arduous work for the Germans, and he needed to recuperate from 3-5 down earlier than snatching the tiebreak to take the lead.

The second set was extra simple. The fourth seed captured an early break and erased three break factors when serving to arrange a rematch with Khachanov.

It was a tough match. I assumed he was in command of it all through the primary set. I used to be hanging on, and typically, that’s simply what you might want to do. He got here out swinging and didn’t give me possibilities to be aggressive. I attempted to combine it up from the baseline. I used to be shocked at how properly he performed from the baseline, not giving me many unforced errors. He makes rather a lot however often misses rather a lot, however immediately, he wasn’t lacking, particularly by some phases of the primary set. Zverev on his win over Eubanks.

Alcaraz Outclasses Monfils

Carlos Alcaraz proved too good for Gael Monfils, persevering with his quest for the Sunshine Double with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over the Frenchman.

Each gamers are recognized for his or her showmanship, however Monfils was subdued within the first set as he struggled to deal with Alcaraz’s all-court recreation.

Other than a late resurgence within the second set, the place he broke again and redlined his recreation, the Spaniard was in little bother, profitable 76% of factors behind his first serve and breaking 4 occasions throughout each units.

The 2022 champion will subsequent meet Lorenzo Musetti after the Italian took out Ben Shelton in straight units.

He’s a terrific athlete. He reaches virtually each ball. However on the similar time, with my forehand, my finest shot, I attempted to maneuver him across the court docket, tried to get him drained slightly bit and provides myself an opportunity to dominate the purpose, making an attempt to go to the online and hit my finest pictures. Alcaraz on his win over Monfils.

Musetti Sinks Shelton

Lorenzo Musetti ended the day’s play in Miami with a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over house hope Ben Shelton. Shelton was the final American man within the attract a disappointing event for US-born gamers.

However, Musetti performed a few of his finest tennis of the 12 months, recovering from 0-3 and 1-4 down within the second to progress.

It was a enjoyable match with the contrasting types of Shelton’s aggressive play and Musetti’s baseline recreation. The Italian confirmed good versatility on his backhand to absorb Shelton’s booming forehands. Try the 2 passing pictures at 5-5 within the third, the place he might/ought to have damaged to keep away from the tiebreak.

My staff was saying endurance as a result of typically Ben, with the actually good serves, might be actually irritating. On some factors, I had a possibility to interrupt him within the second set, however I didn’t discover the correct ball with the forehand. Generally he was serving fairly properly, with the slice on the physique. Even the final level was actually powerful to return. I needed to be affected person and deal with what I needed to do. I feel I performed most likely the perfect match of the 12 months. Musetti on his win over Shelton.

Different Matches of Observe

• Khachanov Kicks Out Cerundolo: A 6-1 5-7 7-6(5) win for the Russian who took out my choose for a deep run, Francisco Cerundolo 🙃. Khachanov typically flies below the radar at tournaments however persistently makes the latter phases.
• Marozsan Maintains Kind: The Hungarian made one other last-sixteen look on the Masters 1000 stage, choosing up the place he left off towards Rune to dispatch Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 6-3.
• Dimitrov Colleges Hanfmann: 6-1, 6-0 for the Bulgarian to return by in simply 46 minutes, and Hanfmann gained simply 13 factors on serve and 4 on return. It was a day to overlook.
• Hurkacz Edges Korda: A detailed three-setter with simply 4 break factors on supply throughout the two hours and quarter-hour, nevertheless it was the Pole who acquired the decisive break within the third set to take it 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3 and transfer into the final 16
• De Minaur Makes Finest Miami Outcome: A nineteenth win of the season for de Minaur to make the fourth spherical in Miami for the primary time due to a -6(3), 6-4 win over Jan-Lennard Struff. Marozsan awaits.

Miami Open Day 7 Spherical of 16 Matches