Miami Masters: Marozsan maintains last-16 streak

Hungarian Fabian Marozsan advanced to the last 16 of the Miami Masters by beating Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday.

Marozsan, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 9 seed, and German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 24 seed, next.

It’s the fourth time that the Hungarian has played a Masters 1000 and he’s made at least the last 16 every time.

Ahead of his victory, the Hungarian won against American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-3, 6-2) and Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed (6-1, 6-1).

Popyrin, ranked No 45, defeated Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6-2, 6-2) and No 26 seed Jiri Lehecka (6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Miami Open.

Miami Masters 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 10.404.205, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gael Monfils
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher Eubanks: monday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Karen Khachanov: monday
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Cameron Norrie (30): 7-5, 6-1
• Dominik Koepfer beat Ugo Humbert (14): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (7) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27): 6-3, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q): 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-3
• Christopher O’Connell beat Martin Damm (WC): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray: 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Tallon Griekspoor (25): 5-7, 7-5, 6-1