Jack Sock recorded yet another win this season on Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, fighting hard under the lights to defeat Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-6(0) and reach the round of 16. A single break of serve was all the 13th seed needed to take the opening set. Vesely raced to a 5-3 lead in the second set, but Sock fought back to level the match and was dominant throughout the tie-break. A volley winner on his first match point wrapped up the contest after one hour and 39 minutes. Sock improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Vesely to 2-0. Watch Full Match Replays The American moves to 9-2 in tie-breaks this season. He also boosts his...
Fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares sailed into the quarter-finals on Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, recording a dominant 6-0, 6-3 win over Paolo Lorenzi and Joao Sousa. Murray/Soares have dropped just 10 games in their first two matches this tournament. Next up for them are either sixth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo or Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. Watch Full Match Replays Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved closer to their fifth title in Miami with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Australian wildcards Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid. The third seeds didn’t face a break point en route to claiming victory in 52 minutes. They’ll next play Croatians Marin Cilic and Nikola Mektic, who...
Rafael Nadal recovered from one of the most lopsided starts of his career to advance past the streaky Philipp Kohlschreiber 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The 30-year-old Nadal, playing in his 1,000th career match, improved to 37-11 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, one of only three Masters 1000 events Nadal has yet to win. “One thousand matches is a lot of matches. Obviously that’s good news because that says I am having a long career. During a lot of years, I heard that I’m going to have a short career, so it's something important for me,” said Nadal. “I remember the first match very well because it was at home...
Second seed Kei Nishikori overcame a third-round test at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Sunday, edging Fernando Verdasco 7-6(2), 6-7(5), 6-1 in two hours and 44 minutes. Runner-up to Novak Djokovic last year, Nishikori improved to 19-6 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. Also a semi-finalist in 2014 and quarter-finalist in 2015, the Japanese will look to reach the last eight in Miami for the fourth straight year when he takes on Federico Delbonis next. "It was definitely a long match," said Nishikori. "It wasn't easy in the third set, but I have a day off tomorrow, so I should be okay." The 27-year-old Nishikori fired 37 winners, but Verdasco seemed to have an answer for...