Miami Masters: Cerundolo upsets Paul for spot in last 16

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Miami Masters by winning against American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, 6-2, 7-6 (4) at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night.

Cerundolo, ranked No 24, will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 5 seed, next.

The Argentinian beat Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-1, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Miami Open, Paul, ranked No 13, edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik (5-7, 7-5, 6-4).

Miami Masters 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):

• Alex De Minaur vs. Joao Fonseca
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Zizou Bergs
• Arthur Fils vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Roman Safiullin vs. Jakub Mensik
• Alexander Zverev vs. Jordan Thompson
• Adam Walton vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Reilly Opelka vs. Tomas Machac
• Casper Ruud beat Alejandro Tabilo (30): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Gael Monfils beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
• Brandon Nakashima (31) beat David Goffin: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (4) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (1)
• Sebastian Korda (24) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (9): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (15) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (14) beat Karen Khachanov (22): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5