Pablo Carreno Busta had faced Kevin Anderson in Grand Slam semi-finals and at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. But never before had the Spaniard been able to solve the 6'8” South African's game. Until Thursday. Carreno Busta broke through against the sixth seed for the first time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, advancing to the semi-finals of the Miami Open presented by Itau 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(6). Carreno Busta reached his second Masters 1000 semi-final (2017 Indian Wells), and he'll try to make his maiden Masters 1000 final when he faces Alexander Zverev, who beat Borna Coric 6-4, 6-4 Thursday night. “It was an amazing match, no? I lost to him, 7-6 in the third set [at Indian Wells]....
Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev booked their place in the doubles final at the Miami Open presented by Itau, taking only 44 minutes to dismiss Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday. Johnson and Querrey had marched into the semi-finals at the season’s second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament without dropping a set. The Russians competed at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals last November, alongside the top eight 21-and-under singles players, and have continued to grow in confidence. In singles, the 20-year-old Rublev opened his season with a runner-up finish in Doha (d. Monfils), while the 21-year-old Khachanov claimed the Marseille title last month (d. Pouille). Watch Full Match Replays In Miami, they teamed up...
Pablo Carreno Busta explains how he was able to survive a back-and-forth quarter-final at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch as Pablo Carreno Busta turns defence to offence with a squash-shot forehand that he sneaks past Kevin Anderson for a winner in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis on tennistv.com.
