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

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

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

“I lost the first and only match that I played against Tommy” Alcaraz stated. “I do know that he’s a extremely proficient and actually robust participant, so I’ve to play at my finest. Let’s see what’s going to occur on Tuesday.

Paul and fellow American No. 10 Taylor Fritz superior in straight units.

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

Andreescu superior to the event’s fourth spherical for the third time. She had seven aces to Kenin’s one, and double-faulted solely as soon as as she received the third straight matchup between the Grand Slam champions. Andreescu transformed all three of her break alternatives.

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

Also, Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated world 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.

On the boys’s aspect, Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands outlasted world No. 4 Casper Ruud of Norway 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Van de Zandschulp had 12 aces to Ruud’s six, however they every had three 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 by eight aces. Fokina had six double-faults.

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

“It’s going to be a tough match I think for a round of 16,” Fritz stated. “Myself playing Holger is a very tough draw. I’m excited to play him. We’ve never played before. I’m not entirely I guess sure what to make of his game. Obviously, he’s very good.”

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