Tournament favourite Juan Martin del Potro reaches the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Miami. The number two on the seed list, Marin Cilic, however, was eliminated.
Indian Wells’ semi-final is also the quarter-final in Miami: Juan Martin del Potro will face Milos Raonic after his 6-4, 6-2 win over Filip Krajinovic, as he did in the Californian desert. The regained strength Canadian beat Dimitrov defeater Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 in his round of 16.
Indian Wells champion del Potro only had problems with his Serbian opponent in the first set, when he could still turn a 1:4 deficit. Delpo” will celebrate his 15th birthday against Raonic on Thursday night (from 3 a.m. CEST). I’ll try to go on like this – and see where it takes me,” said the 29-year-old Argentinian after the match.
For Australian Open finalist Marin Cilic, however, the title hopes in Key Biscanye are over. Croatian local hero John Isner lost 6:7 (0) and 3:6 to third in the world rankings, “I am very satisfied with my performance, especially the serve was outstanding,” rejoiced the American, who is only 76 aces short of the magic 10,000 mark.
In the round of the last eight, Isner will now face Hyeon Chung. After his quarter-final defeat of Roger Federer in Indian Wells, the South Korean wants to take another step towards the top 20 in the second part of the “Sunshine Doubles”. With Joao Sousa, the Melbourne semi-finalist had hardly any trouble with a 6-4, 6-3 victory.
In addition to Alexander Zverev, who was in top form in his sovereign two-set victory over Nick Kyrgios, Borna Coric, Pablo Carreno Busta and Kevin Anderson are also in the quarter-finals. The South African played off his experience against Frances Tiafoe, who had previously eliminated Tomas Berdych in Tuesday’s continuation of the rain.
Here the single tableau of the men in Miami