Miami Masters: Ruud untroubled by Davidovich Fokina
Casper Ruud won against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday night and will face the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed, and Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild in the next round
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 7 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Miami Masters by winning against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 27 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night.
Ruud, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed, and Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild next.
In the previous round of the Miami Open, the Norwegian beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche (7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1).
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 28, defeated Chinese wildcard Juncheng Shang (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Miami Open.
Miami Masters 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 10.404.205, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gael Monfils
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Ugo Humbert vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild: sunday
- Christopher O’Connell beat Martin Damm (WC): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray: 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Tallon Griekspoor (25): 5-7, 7-5, 6-1