Miami Masters: Ruusuvuori moves into last 16

Finn Emil Ruusuvuori moved into the last 16 of the Miami Masters by winning against Japanese wildcard Taro Daniel 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday evening.

Ruusuvuori reaches the round of 16 in Miami for the second time – the Finn improves to 7-2 lifetime at the Miami Open.

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Ruusuvuori, ranked No 54, will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 26 seed, next.

The Finn defeated Portuguese qualifier Nuno Borges (6-1, 6-4) and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 22 seed (6-4, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Miami Open, Daniel, ranked No 97, benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (4-1) and won against German Alexander Zverev, the No 13 seed (6-0, 6-4).

Miami Masters, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Alex Molcan vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Quentin Halys vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Cristian Garin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Karen Khachanov vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Casper Ruud vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Jannik Sinner vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dusan Lajovic: sunday
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (29): 6-1, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Denis Shapovalov (24): 6-4, 6-4
• Holger Rune (7) beat Diego Schwartzman (31): 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (20): 6-3, 7-5