Miami Tournament | Medvedev easily brushes off Brooksby and advances to quarters

(Miami) Daniil Medvedev is just one win away from world number one.

Overcoming a tough start, the Miami Masters favorite reached the quarter-finals of the competition by defeating Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-1.

Medvedev still hasn’t dropped a set in three games in Miami. He will face either defending champion and No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz or Lloyd Harris in the quarterfinals. world rank.

Brooksby quickly took the lead in the duel, even finding himself serving for the set at 5-4 and 30-15 in the first set. Medvedev, however, turned the tide.

He won 11 of the next 13 rallies, breaking the American’s serve to tie the game before breaking again to make it 7-5.

The second set was never contested, with Medvedev building a 3-0 lead, winning 16 of 19 rallies on serve.

Second-seeded German Alexander Zverev, No. 6-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud will play another quarter-final. Zverev edged Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-4, while Ruud saw off No. 10 seed Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4.

Italian Jannik Sinner also reached the next round beating Australian Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (3), 6-3. Kyrgios was penalized one point and then one game for his unsportsmanlike conduct.

Sinner will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the next round.

Ranked 16^and in the world, Carlos Alcaraz surprised by winning 7-5, 6-3 ahead of third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The 18-year-old Spaniard had four breaks, three more than the 23-year-old Greek.

Alcaraz triumphed with a cushioning, on his fourth match point.

Semi-finalists in Indian Wells, Alcaraz is 15-2 this year.

On the women’s side, Naomi Osaka settled Danielle Collins’ case in an hour, winning 6-2, 6-1.

Osaka hasn’t won a tournament since last year’s Australian Open.

Osaka is 77^and in the world. Her next rival will be Belinda Bencic, 22^and first in the series.