Carlos Alcaraz, Sabalenka advance to 4th spherical of Miami Open

Most sensible-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-0, 7-6 (5) and can face American Tommy Paul on Tuesday.

International No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus cruised previous Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday.

“I misplaced the primary and handiest fit that I performed towards Tommy” Alcaraz mentioned. “I do know that he’s a in point of fact gifted and in point of fact difficult participant, so I’ve to play at my best possible. Let’s see what’s going to occur on Tuesday.

Paul and fellow American No. 10 Taylor Fritz complex in instantly units.

Bianca Andreescu of Canada — the 2019 U.S. Open champion — beat 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin of the USA 6-4, 6-4.

Andreescu complex to the match’s fourth spherical for the 3rd time. She had seven aces to Kenin’s one, and double-faulted handiest as soon as as she received the 3rd instantly matchup between the Grand Slam champions. Andreescu transformed all 3 of her destroy alternatives.

In different fits, Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic outlasted American Madison Keys 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Additionally, Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated global No. 9 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, the gold medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, 7-6 (8), 6-3; Marketa Vondrousova ousted Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2 in an all-Czech matchup; Sorana Cirstea of Romania beat Karolína Muchová of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-1; and Varvara Gracheva of Russia defeated Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-1, 6-2.

At the males’s aspect, Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands outlasted global No. 4 Casper Ruud of Norway 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Van de Zandschulp had 12 aces to Ruud’s six, however they each and every had 3 double-faults. Van de Zandschulp will face Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland within the subsequent spherical.

Paul beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-3, 7-5, helped through 8 aces. Fokina had six double-faults.

Fritz defeated Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-4, 6-4. Shapovalov had seven double-faults. Fritz will face global No. 8 Holger Rune of Denmark, who defeated Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-4, 6-2.

“It’s going to be a tricky fit I believe for a spherical of 16,” Fritz mentioned. “Myself taking part in Holger is an excessively difficult draw. I’m excited to play him. We’ve by no means performed ahead of. I’m no longer totally I suppose positive what to make of his recreation. Clearly, he’s excellent.”

Additionally, Andrey Rublev of Russia dispatched Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2.