Miami Masters: McDonald shocks Berrettini, books spot in third round
Mackenzie McDonald beat Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) on Saturday and will play the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 15 seed, and Frenchman Quentin Halys in the next round
Mar 11, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Mackenzie McDonald (USA) celebrates after winning a point during his second round match against Holger Rune (DEN) during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
American Mackenzie McDonald beat Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 19 seed, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) to reach the third round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday.
McDonald, ranked No 55, will face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 15 seed, and Frenchman Quentin Halys next.
Ahead of his victory, the American won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (6-4, 6-2).
Miami Masters, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ben Shelton
- Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Cameron Norrie
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Monteiro: saturday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Quentin Halys: saturday
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan: saturday
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Sebastian Baez (27): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-4, 6-4
- Richard Gasquet vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Francisco Cerundolo (25) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL): 6-4, 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Borna Coric (17): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Taro Daniel (WC) beat Alexander Zverev (13): 6-0, 6-4
- Holger Rune (7) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-3, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-2, 6-3
- Dusan Lajovic beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Facundo Bagnis: 6-0, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic (29) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3)
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (26) beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Diego Schwartzman (31) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat J.J. Wolf: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Denis Shapovalov (24) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
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