• Sinners missed a break advantage at the beginning of the first set, but continued to collect break points and breaks and easily handled the Czech Tomáš Maháč (#60) – 6:4, 6:2.
• Medvedev defeated the Chilean Nicolas Jarri (#23) 6:2 in the first set, at the end of the second set he played back his rival’s only break point, recovered from 3:5 in the tiebreak and scored a match point – 7:6(7).
• Medvedev defeated Sinner 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami final a year ago, but Sinner has won four matches in a row.
• In October, the Italian tennis talent was superior in the Beijing (7:6(2), 7:6(2)) and Vienna (7:6(7), 4:6, 6:3) finals, in November he won the semifinals of the Turin final tournament (6 :3, 6:7(4), 6:1), but saved himself from 0-2 in the Melbourne final in January (3:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:3).
• All four top seeded tennis players continue the fight in Miami – Carlos Alcaraz will meet Grigor Dimitrov (#12) in the quarterfinals, and Fabian Marozhans (#57) will face Alexander Zverev.
Miami “Masters” quarterfinals
The game | The result |
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[2] Jannik Sinner – Tomáš Maháčs | 6:4 6:2 |
[3] Daniil Medvedev – [22] Nicholas Jarry | 6:2 7:6(7) |
[1] Carlos Alcaraz – [11] Grigor Dimitrov | |
[4] Aleksandrs Zverevs – Fābians Marožans |
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