Alcaraz, Sinner Reach Miami Open Third Round

Miami Open—Miami, Florida 

Saturday’s action-packed schedule at the Miami Open saw top seed Carlos Alcaraz and No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner both advance to the third-round.

Alcaraz breezed past Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-1 and Sinner ousted Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 6-4. The top seed will next face Gael Monfils or Jordan Thompson, while Sinner will take on No. 25 seed Tallon Griekspoor.

Elsewhere, No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev, No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 7 seed Casper Ruud all prevailed on Saturday. Americans Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe were all eliminated during second-round play.

On the women’s side top seed Iga Swiatek eased past Camila Giorgi 6-1, 6-1, and four-time Major winner Naomi Osaka defeated Elina 6-2, 7-6(5).

No. 6 seed Ons Jabeur and No. 7 seed Qinwen Zheng were both ousted.

Sunday’s schedule of play will feature Holger Rune, Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton and Jessica Pegula.

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Carlos Alcaraz (1) Defeats Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-1
Jannik Sinner (2) Defeats Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 6-4
Daniil Medvedev (3) Defeats Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-2
Alexander Zverev (4) Defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2 6-4
Casper Ruud (7) Defeats Luca Van Assche 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-1
Hubert Hurkacz (8) Defeats Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3
Denis Shapovalov Defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) 6-2, 6-4
Thiago Seyboth Wild Defeats Taylor Fritz (12) 6-3, 6-4
Martin Damm Defeats Tommy Paul (13) 6-4, 2-1 RET.
Matteo Arnaldi Defeats Alexander Bublik (17) 6-4, 6-1
Christopher O’Connell Defeats Frances Tiafoe (21) 7-5, 7-6(5)
Nicolas Jarry (22) Defeats Jack Draper 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(2)
Tallon Griekspoor (25) Defeats Alex Michelsen 7-6(5), 6-7(7), 6-4
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) Defeats Juncheng Shang 6-3, 7-5
Sebastian Korda (28) Defeats Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4
Andy Murray Defeats Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29) 7-6(0), 6-3
Cameron Norrie (30) Defeats Flavio Cobolli 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2