Miami Masters: Mensik books spot in last eight after Machac withdrawal
Jakub Mensik benefited from the forfeit of Tomas Machac on Tuesday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 17 seed, in the next round
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Jakub Mensik moved into the last eight of the Miami Masters after No 20 seed Tomas Machac withdrew due to illness before the match at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday.
Mensik, ranked No 54, will play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 17 seed, next.
Jakub Mensik defeated Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (6-4, 3-6, 6-1), No 6 seed Jack Draper (7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)) and Russian Roman Safiullin (6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Miami Open.
Earlier in the tournament, Machac, ranked No 21, won against Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-2, 1-6, 6-3) and American Reilly Opelka (7-6 (1), 6-3).
Miami Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Fils
- Alex De Minaur vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Novak Djokovic
- Taylor Fritz vs. Adam Walton
- Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Korda: tuesday
- Grigor Dimitrov (14) beat Brandon Nakashima (31): 6-4, 7-5
