{"id":75685,"date":"2024-03-26T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-sinks-monfils-to-advance-in-miami-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T17:17:10","slug":"alcaraz-sinks-monfils-to-advance-in-miami-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-sinks-monfils-to-advance-in-miami-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz sinks Monfils to advance in Miami | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMIAMI:
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Top seed Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> powered into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over French veteran Gael Monfils at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Monfils was coping well with the power play of the talented Spaniard until he hurt his ankle in the fifth game.<\/p>\n

While Monfils carried on bravely, bringing out some wonderful defensive shots from Alcaraz, the world number two was too much for the Parisian.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of smiles, in between the occasional wince from Monfils, who enjoyed some entertaining rallies where Alcaraz could show his deftness of touch.<\/p>\n

With the outcome feeling like a formality, Alcaraz eased off the gas and Monfils was able to break for the first time to reduce the deficit to 5-3.<\/p>\n

Monfils then held his serve with a brilliant cross court winner before Alcaraz wrapped up business to book a place in the fourth round against Lorenzo Musetti.<\/p>\n

“He’s a great athlete,” Alcaraz said of Monfils, “He reads almost every ball so I had to be patient but at the same time, with my forehand, my best shot, try to move him around the court, to get him tired a little bit and give myself the chance to dominate the point, get to the net, hit my best shot.<\/p>\n

“That’s what I was trying to do in the match and it worked pretty well,” he added.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz said he had enjoyed playing under the lights in front of stars such as Brazilian footballer Neymar and NBA star Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

But he expects a much tougher test from Musetti, who won an enthralling battle with American Ben Shelton in front of a raucous crowd on the Butch Buchholz court 6-4, 7-6 (7\/5).<\/p>\n

“I know that Lorenzo is a really talented player so that’s a really tough one,” said Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

“But I am really happy with the level that I am playing, with the performance that I am bringing to the court,” he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, fourth seed German Alexander Zverev came through a tricky test against American Christopher Eubanks, winning 7-6 (7\/4), 6-3.<\/p>\n

Zverev delivered a crucial break when Eubanks was serving for the set at 5-3 before breaking early in the second to go 3-0 up and see himself through to victory.<\/p>\n

“He came out swinging and didn’t give me chances to be aggressive. I tried to mix it up from the baseline,” said Zverev.<\/p>\n

“I was surprised how well he was playing from the baseline, not giving me many unforced errors. He makes a lot but usually misses a lot but today he wasn’t missing, especially through some stages of the first set,” he added.<\/p>\n

Zverev will face 15th seed Karen Khachanov who was pushed all the way by Francisco Cerundolo 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7\/5).<\/p>\n

Khachanov finally sealed the victory on his fifth match point, as he repeated his win over the Argentine in the quarter-finals of Miami last year.<\/p>\n

Australian Alex De Minaur moved on with\u00a0 a 7-6 (7\/3), 6-4 victory against 24th seed Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.<\/p>\n

De Minaur will face Fabian Marozsan in the next round after the Hungarian continued his impressive tournament with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Alexei Popyrin.<\/p>\n

Hubert Hurkacz defeated American Sebastian Korda 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3 and will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov who beat Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n

The defeats for Korda, Shelton and Eubanks leave the USA with no representative in the fourth round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MIAMI: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz powered into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over French veteran Gael Monfils at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday. The 37-year-old Monfils was coping well with the power play of the talented Spaniard until he hurt his ankle in the fifth game. 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