O’Connell ends Damm’s run in Miami

Australian Christopher O’Connell advanced to the last 16 of the Miami Masters by defeating American wildcard Martin Damm 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night.

O’Connell, ranked No 66, will face Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, next.

The Australian won against qualifier Vit Kopriva (6-2, 6-4) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 21 seed (7-5, 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Damm, ranked No 204, beat Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)) and No 13 seed Tommy Paul (4-6, 2-1 ret.).

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

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gael Monfils
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Karen Khachanov
• Cameron Norrie vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Ugo Humbert vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Casper Ruud vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: sunday
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
• Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray: 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jannik Sinner beat Tallon Griekspoor (25): 5-7, 7-5, 6-1