Top seed Stan Wawrinka matched his best showing at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Monday night with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Tunisia's Malek Jaziri. Wawrinka outplayed the 33-year-old veteran, who was trying to match his fourth-round showing at the BNP Paribas Open last week. The Swiss right-hander saved all six break points and converted two of his four break chances during the 70-minute contest. Wawrinka will face #NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev in the fourth round on Tuesday. Zverev won their only prior FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, last year during the St. Petersburg Open final. But Wawrinka, the top seed at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament for the first time, will be trying to achieve his...
#NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev saved three match points and came back from a set down to beat American John Isner 6-7(5), 7-6(6), 7-6(5) on Monday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The win pushes Zverev through to the fourth round of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament for the second time. He also reached the round of 16 last year in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal). On Stadium Court against Isner, the 19-year-old German was down match points at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break and 4-5, 15/40 in the third set. But the 6'6” right-hander erased them all, and on his first match point, Isner sailed a backhand long. Zverev raised his arms to the sky in celebration...
Roger Federer added another big win to his nearly invincible 2017 on Monday, fighting off Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open presented by Itau. Federer, a two-time Miami champion (2005-06), never lost his serve against the powerful right-hander, who had five break chances but couldn't convert any of them. The win improves Federer to 15-1 on the season and 46-13 for his career at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. “I felt like I was in control and I was able to generate more chances than he did,” Federer said. “I was more the aggressor. It was more on my racquet, and I like it that way.” Federer...
Watch highlights of Roger Federer beating Juan Martin del Potro, and Stan Wawrinka matching his best showing at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Stan Wawrinka talks about his win against Malek Jaziri and his upcoming fourth-round battle against NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
