Top seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-3, to go to the Miami Open quarterfinals.
The 20-year-old Spanish player Alcaraz will next face 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, who defeated Hubert Hurkacz, the 2021 champion from Poland, 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3).
Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Jannik Sinner of Italy also made advancement.
Australian Open champion Sinner defeated Christopher O’Connell 6-4 6-3, and Medvedev triumphed 7-6 (7-5) 6-0 over German Dominik Koepfer.
Alcaraz, the winner of the Indian Wells tournament, hopes to accomplish the Sunshine Double by taking home the titles in both of the major American hard-court events in the same year.
The 2022 Miami Open champion defeated Musetti in a straightforward first set thanks to a double break. Alcaraz then promptly answered to be broken in the seventh game of the second set before serving out the match.
The third-ranked player in the world, Sinner, who won his first Grand Slam final in Melbourne in January, will face Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic in the semi-final.
Against O’Connell, ranked 66th, Sinner trailed by a break of service early in the first set but rallied to win four straight games to win the opening set.In the third round, Machac crushed the dreams of British player Andy Murray by defeating Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3. Medvedev then scheduled a meeting with 22nd seed Nicolas Jarry, who defeated eighth-ranked Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
