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Patna : World No 37 & 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz, 24, Poland, upset World No 11 Denis Shapovalov, 21, Canada, to reach Round of 16 of Miami Open, Florida, USA, an ATP Masters 1,000 event, on March 29, 2021. Hurkacz defeated 6th seed Shapovalov, in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 in third round in 1hr 32 minutes winning just 1 break point and 3 games in a row in the match. Hurkacz, in all, won 71 points during the match to 59 by the Canadian. Shapovalov though fired 4 Aces in the match to 2 by the POle.
Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, 4th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, 12th Milos Raonic, 30, Canada, World No 87 Sebastian Korda, 20, USA, and 2014 US Open Champion Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, have also reached the Round of 16 of Miami Open.
World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas beat 28th seed Kei Nishikori, 31, Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in third round in 1hr 56 minutes. The Greek won 3 break points in the match to 1 by Nishikori. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. Tsitsipas, in all, won 87 points during the match to 65 by the Japanese. Tsitsipas hammered 12 Aces in the match to just 1 by Nishikori. Tsitsipas will face 24th seed Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, in Round of 16.
World No 8 Andrey Rublev thumped 29th seed Marton Fucsovics, 29, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1 in third round in just 52 minutes winning 5 break points and 6 games in a row during the match. Rublev won 57 points during the match to 28 by Fucsovics. Rublev will face World No 45 Marin Cilic, Croatia, in Round of 16. Cilic defeated World No 94 Lorenzo Musetti, 19, Italy, 6-3, 6-4 in 3rd round winning 2 break points and 3 games in arow during the match.
World No 19 Milos Raonic beat 20th seed Ugo Humbert, 22, France,6-4, 7-5 in third round winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. Raonic hammered 12 Aces in the match to 9 by World No 30 Humbert. Raonic will face Hurkacz in Round of 16.
World No 87 Sebastian Korda upset 17th seed Aslan Karatsev, 27, Russia, 6-3, 6-0 in 3rd round winning 5 break points and 8 games in a row during the match. Korda, in all, won 58 points during the match to 34 by the Russian.