{"id":76135,"date":"2024-03-27T21:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-into-miami-open-quarters-with-sunshine-double-still-in-sight-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T21:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:22:03","slug":"alcaraz-into-miami-open-quarters-with-sunshine-double-still-in-sight-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-into-miami-open-quarters-with-sunshine-double-still-in-sight-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz into Miami Open quarters with Sunshine Double still in sight – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Indian Wells champion Carlos Alcaraz kept his hopes for a Sunshine Double alive with a 6-3 6-3 win over Lorenzo Musetti to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals for the third straight year on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard needed less than 90 minutes to dispatch the 23rd seed from Italy, pounding forehands and winning 18 of 22 points when he charged to the net.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz broke serve to start the match and again to grab the drama-free first set against his overmatched opponent.<\/p>\n

Musetti would finally secure his first break of the match to get back on serve trailing 4-3 in the second set when a suddenly error-prone Alcaraz misfired with a backhand.<\/p>\n

The momentum would be short-lived, however, with the tournament\u2019s 2022 champion breaking back with ease in the next game and ending the affair when Musetti\u2019s shot landed in the net on match point.<\/p>\n

Musetti\u2019s best moment came in the second set when he hit a front facing tweener lob over Alcaraz\u2019s head and ended the point with a volley to gasps from the fans at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout a doubt, this is the best I\u2019ve been feeling,\u201d Alcaraz, who had struggled with an ankle injury earlier in the season, said after winning his ninth consecutive match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling great on the court, I\u2019m moving great with no injuries because I don\u2019t think about the ankle anymore on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz will next face 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov after the Bulgarian\u2019s career renaissance continued with a gritty 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) win over Poland\u2019s Hubert Hurkacz.<\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev took another step towards retaining a title for the first time in his career as the Russian third seed beat Germany\u2019s Dominik Koepfer 7-6(5) 6-0 to make the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Medvedev overcame a shaky start and converted four break points while dropping serve just once to secure a spot in the last eight in Miami where he has yet to drop a set.<\/p>\n

Koepfer was the early aggressor, using a pair of holds at love to build a 4-3 lead in the first set, but Medvedev forced a tiebreak in which he lost the opening four points before finding his way.<\/p>\n

With a frustrated Koepfer suddenly losing control of his forehand, Medvedev enjoyed much smoother passage through the second set where he broke twice to build a commanding 4-0 lead before closing out the match with a break to love.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it happens when you lose the first set the way he lost \u2026 it brings your (opponent\u2019s) energy down and I knew that I had to use it (to my advantage) in the beginning of the second set that\u2019s where it was the most important,\u201d Medvedev said after collecting his 350th career win.<\/p>\n

The Russian will face Chile\u2019s Nicolas Jarry, the 22nd seed, in the last eight, after he beat seventh seed Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6(3) 6-3.<\/p>\n

In other early action, unseeded Czech Tomas Machac beat Italy\u2019s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3 to reach his first Masters 1000 quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Machac faces a tough task against second seed Jannik Sinner, who overcame a first set deficit before ultimately coasting to a 6-4 6-3 victory to reach the quarters.<\/p>\n

Fabian Marozsan, who took out sixth seed Holger Rune earlier in the tournament, continued his stunning run by defeating ninth seed Alex de Minaur 6-4 0-6 6-1.<\/p>\n

The unseeded Hungarian, who stretched his win-loss record against top-10 opponents to 4-1, could face a daunting task in the last eight against an in-form Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n

The fourth-seeded German set up the clash after outclassing Russian Karen Khachanov 6-1 6-4 in a late night contest.<\/p>\n

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Indian Wells champion Carlos Alcaraz kept his hopes for a Sunshine Double alive with a 6-3 6-3 win over Lorenzo Musetti to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals for the third straight year on Tuesday. The Spaniard needed less than 90 minutes to dispatch the 23rd seed from Italy, pounding forehands and winning 18 of 22 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alcaraz-into-Miami-Open-quarters-with-Sunshine-Double-still-in-sight.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t