Miami Masters: Berrettini eases into last 16 in straight sets
Matteo Berrettini beat Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4 on Monday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, and Brazilian Joao Fonseca in the next round
Matteo Berrettini in Miami (Zuma/Panoramic)
Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 29 seed, won against Belgian Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday night.
Berrettini, ranked No 30, will face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 10 seed, and Brazilian Joao Fonseca next.
In the previous round of the Miami Open, the Italian beat French lucky loser Hugo Gaston (4-6, 6-3, 6-3).
Bergs, ranked No 51, won against Portuguese Nuno Borges (7-6 (2), 7-5) and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 8 seed (7-5, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
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: monday
- Arthur Fils (17) beat Frances Tiafoe (16): 7-6 (11), 5-7, 6-2
- Jakub Mensik beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat Denis Shapovalov (27): 7-5, 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Jordan Thompson: 7-5, 6-4
- Adam Walton (LL) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4
- Tomas Machac (20) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Francisco Cerundolo (23) beat Tommy Paul (12): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Casper Ruud (5) 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
