John Isner loves the Miami tournament, which he won in 2018 against Alexander Zverev and whose final he made in 2019 against Roger Federer, and he will be present in week two once again this year! Series head n ° 18, he qualified for the knockout stages by leaving Felix Auger-Aliassime (n ° 11), fifteen years his junior, in two tie-breaks: 7-5 then 7-5 in 1h49. Rare enough to be reported, the two players did not have the slightest break point to defend. Isner served 16 aces and Auger-Aliassime 11, so it was in the tie-breakers that the soon-to-36-year-old giant made the difference. “FAA” nevertheless led 5-4 in the tie-break of the second set, but lost three points in a row, and thus the game. Isner will be opposed for a place in the quarterfinals to world No. 12 Robert Bautista Agut, who dominated Jan-Lennard Struff (42nd) in three sets and 1h53 of play: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Spaniard lost the first set by breaking at 4-4, then won the second by breaking at 3-2 and the third by breaking at 1-1 and 4-2.
Sinner continues on his way
If Isner and Bautsita Agut are over thirty, the new generation will be represented in the round of 16 by Jannik Sinner, already 31st in the world at 19. The Italian defeated Karen Khachanov (2nd) with a score of 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 2h51. In the heat of Florida, the two players struggled to keep their service in the first set (three breaks for the Russian, two for the Italian), while there was not the slightest break in the second, won 7-2 in the tie-break by Sinner. In the third set, the two players easily held their faceoff, up to 4-4 where Sinner, superior in the game, managed the decisive break to win. He will face a non-seeded player in the next round: Ruusuvuori or Ymer.
MIAMI (United States, Masters 1000, hard outside, € 3,598,69)
Title holder (in 2019): Roger Federer (SUI)
3rd round
Medvedev (RUS, n ° 1) – Popyrin (AUS)
Tiafoe (USA) – Lajovic (SER, n ° 16)
Isner (USA, n°18) bat Auger-Aliassime (CAN, n°11) : 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
Bautista Agut (ESP, n ° 7) bat Struff (ALL, n°31) : 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Rose Mountain (FIN) – M.Ymer (SUE)
Sinner (ITA, n°21) bat Khachanov (RUS, n°14) : 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
Norrie (GBR) – Fritz (USA, n°22)
Bublik (KAZ, n ° 32) – Duckworth (AUS)
Schwartzman (ARG, n°5) – Mannarino (FRA, n ° 25)
Karatsev (RUS, n ° 17) – Korda (USA)
Cilic (CRO) – Musetti (ITA)
Fucsovics (HON, n ° 29) – Rublev (RUS, n ° 4)
Shapovalov (CAN, n°6) – Hurkacz (POL, n°26)
Humbert (FRA, n ° 20) – Raonic (CAN, n°12)
Galan (COL) – Sonego (ITA, n°24)
Nishikori (JAP, n ° 28) – Tsitsipas (GRE, n ° 2)
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