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World no. 4 Taylor Fritz will compete in his second Miami Open quarter-final. The home favorite faced world no. 89 Adam Walton in the fourth round and earned a 6-3, 7-5 victory in an hour and 34 minutes for a place in the last eight. Walton played his career-best ATP tournament, passing three obstacles before…
Matteo Berrettini has a negative record at the Masters 1000 series. The Italian fought for the Madrid Masters crown in 2021, and it was his last notable result at this level. Now, Matteo has changed that at the Miami Open! The Italian will compete in his first Masters 1000 quarter-final in nearly four years following…
Emma Raducanu says everything on and off the court clicked for her in Miami as she is feeling great about her game but also doing pretty well outside of the court. After picking up a sixth defeat in the past seven matches in Indian Wells, the Briton decided to end her trial period with coach…
There is no love lost between Clara Tauson and Paula Badosa following their Miami Open meeting as the Dane suggested that she didn’t know what was the Spaniard’s issue with her before suggesting that she probably wasn’t liked very much by her rival. In the Miami third round, No. 10 seed Badosa overcame 20th-seeded Tauson…
Emma Raducanu is giving credit to Vladimir Platenik for her Miami Open run and has nothing but positive to say about the Slovak coach but insists she simply felt it wasn’t the right timing for them to collaborate. A day before launching her Indian Wells run, the British tennis player announced that she added Platenik…
Aryna Sabalenka once again handled the business against Zheng Qinwen as the top seed ousted the No. 9 seed 6-2 7-5 to progress into her first Miami Open semifinal. After losing her serve three times in the opening set, it didn’t look promising for the Chinese tennis star and her hopes of finally getting a…
Six-time Miami Open champion Novak Djokovic is through to the last eight in Florida! Djokovic ousted Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 6-2 in an hour and 23 minutes in the fourth round for his eighth quarter-final in Miami, the first in nine years! World no. 5 performed at a high level and left the young gun behind…
Last year’s Miami Open finalist Grigor Dimitrov is the first player to reach the quarter-final in Florida this week. Grigor faced the 31sd seed Brandon Nakashima in the fourth round and earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory in an hour and 23 minutes. The more experienced player took five points more than his opponent. They embraced…
Iga Swiatek highlights she wants to be world No. 1 again but admits that is looking like a long shot at the moment, considering that she has a ton of points to defend. Following last year’s US Open quarterfinal exit, the Pole also automatically lost the top spot to Aryna Sabalenka. Then, she was hit…
Naomi Osaka maybe didn’t have a desired ending to her Miami Open run but it doesn’t change the fact that she still absolutely enjoyed her time at the tournament. On Monday, the Japanese was aiming to get her fourth consecutive win but also register her first top-10 victory in 2025. And after winning the opening…