Miami Open 2024 Day 5 Recap

On day 5 in Miami, the underside half of the draw was again in motion, and Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev maintained their semi-final collision course with wins over Tallon Griekspoor and Cameron Norrie, respectively.

Different winners included Casper Ruud, who noticed off Davidovich-Fokina, saving all seven break factors and in an all-South American battle, Nicolas Jarry fought previous Seyboth Wild,

Different seeded gamers to progress included De Minaur, Dimitrov, Shelton, Musetti, and Struff. Whereas Holger Rune was the large identify to fall, choosing up simply two video games towards Fabian Marozsan.

You’ll be able to see the complete outcomes from day 5 beneath and choose highlights.

Day 5 2024 Miami Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner	Loser	Scoreline
Dominik Koepfer	Ugo Humbert (14)	3-6 6-4 6-3
Jannik Sinner (2)	Tallon Griekspoor (25)	5-7 7-5 6-1
Daniil Medvedev (3)	Cameron Norrie (30)	7-5 6-1
Casper Ruud (7)	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27)	6-3 6-4
Nicolás Jarry (22)	Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q)	6-7(1) 7-5 6-3
Matteo Arnaldi	Denis Shapovalov (PR)	6-3 7-6(7)
Tomas Machac	Andy Murray	5-7 7-5 7-6(5)
Christopher O’Connell	Martin Damm (WC)	7-6(5) 7-6(5)
Fabian Marozsan	Holger Rune (6)	6-1 6-1
Alex de Minaur (9)	Soonwoo Kwon (PR)	6-3 6-2
Grigor Dimitrov (11)	Alejandro Tabilo	5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
Ben Shelton (16)	Martín Landaluce (WC)	6-3 6-4
Yannick Hanfmann	Adrian Mannarino (19)	3-6 7-6(1) 6-4
Lorenzo Musetti (23)	Roman Safiullin	7-5 6-1
Jan-Lennard Struff (24)	Daniel Altmaier	6-3 6-3
Alexei Popyrin	Jiri Lehecka (26)	6-4 6-4

Marozsan Routs Rune

Fabian Marozsan has taken a liking to elite opposition as he crushed Holger Rune 6-1, 6-1 in simply 59 minutes.

The Hungarian has now gained 3 of his 4 matches towards gamers ranked inside the highest 10, including seventh seed Rune to his scalps alongside Alcaraz in Rome final 12 months and Ruud in Shanghai.

Marozsan fired down 23 winners and averted all three break factors he confronted on serve to stop Rune from gaining any foothold within the match. After the hard-hitting Aussie took out the twenty sixth seed, Lehecka, he’ll face Alexie Popyrin.

After the match, there was discuss of Rune having some sickness, and he thought of withdrawing, however he stepped on the courtroom, and the result’s all that’s recorded within the historical past books.

I actually take pleasure in taking part in on the highest degree. It was an awesome day at the moment; I may take pleasure in each second on the Stadium courtroom. I performed towards a high 10 participant who could possibly be high three sooner or later. I attempted to place strain on him and performed high-intensity tennis. He didn’t discover a solution to come again and do one thing totally different. I attempt to not concentrate on the opponent however my recreation once I play. Marozsan on his win over Rune.

Machac Manouvers Previous Murray

After recording back-to-back match wins for the primary time since Toronto final 12 months, Andy Murray couldn’t make it a hat trick as he fell to Tomas Machac 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(5) in 3 hours and 27 minutes.

Whereas Murray isn’t the participant he was, he invariably makes the opponent work exhausting for the victory. It was undoubtedly a hard-fought win for the Czech, who dropped the opening set after which needed to deal with dropping a 5-2 lead within the third set, together with holding a match level at 6-5, which he didn’t convert.

Murray additionally scored an early mini-break within the tiebreak, placing him getting ready to one other traditional fightback, however Machac hit again to maneuver into the fourth spherical, the place he’ll face Matteo Arnaldi.

Sharing the courtroom with such an awesome legend is all the time a pleasure. So to start with, I’m pleased I can play this lengthy match towards him. Alternatively, I don’t need to play so lengthy. However ultimately, there was all the pieces. I pushed myself from the underside to handle to win at the moment. Machac on his exhausting fought win over Murray.

Medvedev Negates Norrie

Daniil Medvedev’s Miami title defence is effectively underway, and he’s into the fourth spherical because of a victory of 7-5 and 6-1 over Cameron Norrie.

Heading in, Medvedev had an ominous report towards British opposition, having gained 11 straight matches. He made a flying begin to transfer up two breaks of serve solely to see the hard-working Norrie discover a manner again into the set, recovering each breaks and levelling at 5-5.

Nonetheless, Medvedev, who has thrown in some Tommy Paul-esque web forays this week, regrouped to interrupt once more and gained six video games in a row to ease into the final sixteen after 1 hour and 21 minutes.

I typically assume that the service was not too dangerous. The primary serve was fairly good. Cameron returned effectively, so I felt like I used to be nonetheless there. The constructive aspect is that when he got here again within the first set, he had the momentum going. I managed to regroup myself and win it 7-5 with out even going to the tie-break. On the whole, it’s very constructive even while you lose your serve or break the man six occasions in two units. Towards Cameron, it’s not that simple to go to the web. I really feel like he provides you a medium ball the place you’re feeling like you are able to do it, after which he likes to cross you somewhat bit like I do generally. So I used to be fairly cautious to come back to the web, however once I had the prospect, I needed to do it. And I really feel like I’m bettering loads on the web this 12 months, and it’s part of my recreation the place I need to enhance, so I’m fairly pleased about it. Medvedev on his win and techniques vs Norrie.

Different Matches of Notice

Shelton Shuts Down Landaluce: The American placed on a strong show, profitable 83 per cent (29/35) of his first serve factors and powering down some heavy serves on the large factors to come back by 6-3 6-4 towards Martin Landaluce. He faces Lorenzo Musetti subsequent, which must be distinction of kinds.
Shapovalov’s Return to Kind Shortlived: After seeing off Tsitsipas within the spherical earlier than, many had thought Shapo had unannounced himself on tour, however he was dispatched in straights by Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 7-6(7).
Sinner Passes Griekspoor Check: Jannik Sinner overcame a stern take a look at from Tallong Griekspoor, recovering from dropping the primary to energy by 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 in a rain-affected match.
Jarry Outwits Seyboth-Wild: One other prolonged battle for the Chilean who defeated Seyboth Wild in entrance of a boisterous crowd 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.
Ruud Foils Fokina: The Norwegian gained 6-3, 6-4. He saved seven break factors and used his forehand expertly on the large factors to progress.