{"id":15383,"date":"2024-03-27T07:22:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/miami-open-carlos-alcaraz-wins-in-straight-sets-to-reach-quarter-finals\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T07:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:22:55","slug":"miami-open-carlos-alcaraz-wins-in-straight-sets-to-reach-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/miami-open-carlos-alcaraz-wins-in-straight-sets-to-reach-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Open: Carlos Alcaraz wins in straight sets to reach quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the Miami Open quarter-finals with an efficient straight-set win over Italy&#8217;s Lorenzo Musetti.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spaniard Alcaraz, 20, won 6-3 6-3 and will play Poland&#8217;s<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> Hubert Hurkacz<\/b> or Bulgarian <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Grigor Dimitrov <\/b>next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Australian Open champion <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Jannik Sinner <\/b>and Russian <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Daniil Medvedev<\/b> both also progressed with straight-set victories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Italy&#8217;s Sinner, 22, won 6-4 6-3 against Christopher O&#8217;Connell, while Medvedev defeated Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (7-5) 6-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Indian Wells champion Alcaraz ensured he remains on course to complete the Sunshine Double &#8211; winning the two prestigious American hard court tournaments in the same season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 2022 Miami winner took a comfortable first set against Musetti with a double break and, after Musetti broke back in the seventh game of set two, Alcaraz responded to that sole setback immediately before serving out the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">World number three Sinner, who triumphed in his first major final in Melbourne in January, will play Czech <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tomas Machac <\/b>for a semi-final place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sinner had fallen a break of serve behind against 66th-ranked Australian O&#8217;Connell but he reeled off four successive games to turn around the first set, before striking early in the second on his way to clinching an ultimately straightforward victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Upcoming opponent Machac, who ended Briton Andy Murray&#8217;s hopes in the third round, beat Italy&#8217;s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fourth-ranked Medvedev&#8217;s win over German Koepfer set up a meeting with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Nicolas Jarry<\/b>, after the 22nd seed stunned Norway&#8217;s world number eight Casper Ruud 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/68671069\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the Miami Open quarter-finals with an efficient straight-set win over Italy&#8217;s Lorenzo Musetti. Spaniard Alcaraz, 20, won 6-3 6-3 and will play Poland&#8217;s Hubert Hurkacz or Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov next. Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner and Russian Daniil Medvedev both also progressed with straight-set victories. 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