Miami Masters: Dimitrov through to last eight
Grigor Dimitrov won against Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday and will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 5 seed, and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, in the next round
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 14 seed, beat American Brandon Nakashima, the No 31 seed, 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday.
Dimitrov made the final in Miami last year, and by reaching the quarter-final here has now made the last eight of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the 13th season in a row.
Dimitrov, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 5 seed, and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 23 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the 33-year-old Bulgarian won against Italian wildcard Federico Cina (6-1, 6-4) and edged out Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 22 seed (6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5).
Nakashima, ranked No 32, won against Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and Belgian David Goffin (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Miami Open.
Miami Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Fils
- Tomas Machac vs. Jakub Mensik
- 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
