Australian Alex de Minaur strikes into the fourth spherical of the Miami Open with a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over world No.25 Jan-Lennard Struff.
Miami, USA, 26 March 2024 | Rhys de Deugd
Alex de Minaur is having fun with a career-best run on the ATP Masters 1000 event 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 in the present day, taking revenge after shedding his two earlier matches in opposition to 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 decent 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 taking part in nice and he’s tremendous harmful,” De Minaur stated.
“Hopefully I can come out tomorrow and play some good tennis and we’ll 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.
| Most ATP Tour wins in 2024 | |
| Participant | Wins |
| Alex de Minaur (AUS) | 19 |
| Jannik Sinner (ITA) | 18 |
| Casper Ruud (NOR) | 18 |
| Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) | 17 |
| Sebastian Baez (ARG) | 17 |
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 associate Sem Verbeek take advantage of their alternative as alternates within the draw, scoring a powerful victory over the eighth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic.
Smith and Verbeek now face the highest seeds, Aussie Matt Ebden and his Indian associate 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)
Ladies’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)
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