Miami Open 2024 Day 6 Recap

The Miami draw lastly appears to be shifting on. The final sixteen lineup is ready after Carlos Alcaraz and Sascha Zverev progressed from Monday’s spherical of 32 matches.

Alcaraz is on a quest to seize the Sunshine Double, and he’s wanting bang in type. He dispatched Gael Monfils with ease, whereas Zverev, the fourth seed, had a trickier time towards Eubanks.

All of the day’s matches went in line with their seeding, other than Musetti, seeded twenty eighth, who took out sixteenth Shelton within the night time session in an entertaining sport the place their playstyles contrasted properly.

Other than the on-court motion, Andy Murray revealed that he’d suffered a whole rupture of his anterior talofibular ligament and a close to whole rupture of calcaneofibular ligament when he went over on his ankle towards Tomas Machac. Which means an prolonged interval on the sidelines and throwing a spanner into the works relating to his summer time retirement plan.

You possibly can see the outcomes from day six under and choose highlights.

Day Six 2024 Miami Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Zverev Eliminates Eubanks

Solely a miracle match-point save towards Dan Evans saved Chris Eubanks within the event. Whereas he got here out swinging, his Miami journey ended after a 7-6(4), 6-3 loss to Sascha Zverev.

The primary set was comparatively exhausting work for the Germans, and he needed to get better from 3-5 down earlier than snatching the tiebreak to take the lead.

The second set was extra easy. The fourth seed captured an early break and erased three break factors when serving to arrange a rematch with Khachanov.

It was a tough match. I assumed he was answerable for it all through the primary set. I used to be hanging on, and typically, that’s simply what it is advisable to do. He got here out swinging and didn’t give me possibilities to be aggressive. I attempted to combine it up from the baseline. I used to be shocked at how properly he performed from the baseline, not giving me many unforced errors. He makes so much however normally misses so much, however right this moment, he wasn’t lacking, particularly by means of some phases of the primary set. Zverev on his win over Eubanks.

Alcaraz Outclasses Monfils

Carlos Alcaraz proved too good for Gael Monfils, persevering with his quest for the Sunshine Double with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over the Frenchman.

Each gamers are recognized for his or her showmanship, however Monfils was subdued within the first set as he struggled to deal with Alcaraz’s all-court sport.

Other than a late resurgence within the second set, the place he broke again and redlined his sport, the Spaniard was in little hassle, profitable 76% of factors behind his first serve and breaking 4 instances throughout each units.

The 2022 champion will subsequent meet Lorenzo Musetti after the Italian took out Ben Shelton in straight units.

He’s a terrific athlete. He reaches virtually each ball. However on the identical time, with my forehand, my finest shot, I attempted to maneuver him across the court docket, tried to get him drained just a little bit and provides myself an opportunity to dominate the purpose, making an attempt to go to the online and hit my finest photographs. Alcaraz on his win over Monfils.

Musetti Sinks Shelton

Lorenzo Musetti ended the day’s play in Miami with a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over house hope Ben Shelton. Shelton was the final American man within the attract a disappointing event for US-born gamers.

However, Musetti performed a few of his finest tennis of the yr, recovering from 0-3 and 1-4 down within the second to progress.

It was a enjoyable match with the contrasting types of Shelton’s aggressive play and Musetti’s baseline sport. The Italian confirmed good versatility on his backhand to absorb Shelton’s booming forehands. Take a look at the 2 passing photographs at 5-5 within the third, the place he may/ought to have damaged to keep away from the tiebreak.

My group was saying endurance as a result of typically Ben, with the actually good serves, might be actually irritating. On some factors, I had a possibility to interrupt him within the second set, however I didn’t discover the appropriate ball with the forehand. Typically he was serving fairly properly, with the slice on the physique. Even the final level was actually robust to return. I needed to be affected person and concentrate on what I needed to do. I believe I performed in all probability the very best match of the yr. Musetti on his win over Shelton.

Different Matches of Observe

• Khachanov Kicks Out Cerundolo: A 6-1 5-7 7-6(5) win for the Russian who took out my choose for a deep run, Francisco Cerundolo 🙃. Khachanov typically flies below the radar at tournaments however persistently makes the latter phases.
• Marozsan Maintains Type: The Hungarian made one other last-sixteen look on the Masters 1000 degree, selecting up the place he left off towards Rune to dispatch Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 6-3.
• Dimitrov Faculties Hanfmann: 6-1, 6-0 for the Bulgarian to come back by means of in simply 46 minutes, and Hanfmann received simply 13 factors on serve and 4 on return. It was a day to neglect.
• Hurkacz Edges Korda: An in depth three-setter with simply 4 break factors on provide throughout the two hours and quarter-hour, nevertheless it was the Pole who received the decisive break within the third set to take it 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3 and transfer into the final 16
• De Minaur Makes Finest Miami End result: A nineteenth win of the season for de Minaur to make the fourth spherical in Miami for the primary time due to a -6(3), 6-4 win over Jan-Lennard Struff. Marozsan awaits.

Miami Open Day 7 Spherical of 16 Matches