Miami Masters: Fritz may face Alcaraz in quarter-finals after brushing past Rune

Taylor Fritz won against Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and American Tommy Paul, the No 16 seed, in the next round

Taylor Fritz Citi Open 2023 (Zuma/Panoramic)

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March 28, 2023

Miami Open presented by Itau •Round of 16 • completed

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T. FritzvsH. Rune

American Taylor Fritz, the No 9 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters by winning against Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday.

Fritz, ranked No 10, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and American Tommy Paul, the No 16 seed, next.

This was the first meeting between the pair, and it resulted in Fritz reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in his seventh appearance in Miami.

Elite 🎱@Taylor_Fritz97 reaches his maiden @MiamiOpen quarterfinal 6-3, 6-4 🆚 Rune#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/tPg5aCTB9M
— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 28, 2023

Rune arrived in Miami full of doubts after his Indian Wells loss to Stan Wawrinka, but he regained some confidence and discipline by getting through two rounds against Marton Fucsovics (6-3, 7-5) and Argentine Diego Schwartzman, seeded No 31 (6-4, 6-2), thanks in part to a good command of his service games.

But that went out of the window against Fritz (four breaks conceded, five double faults, 60% of points on his first serve) and Rune was unable to take his chance on five of his six break points, to come back to 2-2 in the first set.

Ahead of his victory, the American defeated wildcard Emilio Nava (6-4, 6-1) and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 24 seed (6-4, 6-4).

Rune, ranked No 8, won against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (6-3, 7-5) and Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the No 31 seed (6-4, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Miami Open.

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