Alert: Sinner beats Machac to reach semi-finals

Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the Miami Open by defeating Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Sinner, ranked No 3, will next play the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed, and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed.

Ahead of his victory, the 22-year-old Italian beat qualifier Andrea Vavassori (6-3, 6-4), Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 25 seed (5-7, 7-5, 6-1) and Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 6-3).

Machac, ranked No 60, made a run to the Miami Masters 1000 quarters with wins over American wildcard Darwin Blanch (6-4, 6-2), Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-4), Andy Murray (5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)) and Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-3, 6-3).

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

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Daniil Medvedev