Miami Masters: Popyrin takes down Lehecka to reach third round
Alexei Popyrin defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 in Miami. He’ll face the winner of the match between Fabian Marozsan and Dane Holger Rune in the next round
Credit: Julien Nouet, Tennis Majors
Australian Alexei Popyrin advanced to the third round of the Miami Masters by defeating No 26 seed Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Popyrin, ranked No 45, will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Fabian Marozsan and Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian won against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6-2, 6-2).
Miami Masters 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 10.404.205, most recent results first):
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Holger Rune: sunday
- Alex De Minaur vs. SoonWoo Kwon: sunday
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alejandro Tabilo: sunday
- Jan-Lennard Struff (24) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann beat Adrian Mannarino (19): 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Martin Landaluce (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (23) beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 6-1
- Gael Monfils beat Jordan Thompson (33): 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Laslo Djere: 6-2, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Sebastian Ofner: 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-1
- Christopher Eubanks (31) beat Daniel Evans: 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-1
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (28) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Cameron Norrie (30) beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-4, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexander Bublik (17): 6-4, 6-1
- Casper Ruud (7) beat Luca Van Assche: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (2) beat Andrea Vavassori (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (27) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 6-3, 7-5
- Andy Murray beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 7-6, 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (10): 6-2, 6-4
- Thiago Seyboth Wild (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (12): 6-3, 6-4
- Dominik Koepfer beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-3, 6-2
- Christopher O’Connell beat Frances Tiafoe (21): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Tallon Griekspoor (25) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Jack Draper: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Martin Damm (WC) beat Tommy Paul (13): 4-6, 2-1 ret.
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-3
- Tomas Machac beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4
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