Miami Masters: Van De Zandschulp advances, Ruud could be next
Botic van de Zandschulp defeated Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Friday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, and Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in the next round
Botic Van de Zandschulp, Doha 2023 – © Imago / Panoramic
Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 26 seed, won against Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to move into the third round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday evening.
Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, and Belarusian Ilya Ivashka next.
Popyrin, ranked No 93, benefited from the abandonment of Swede Mikael Ymer (7-6 (5), 4-4) in the previous round of the Miami Open.
Miami Masters, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ben Shelton
- Karen Khachanov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Cameron Norrie
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Sebastian Baez vs. Cristian Garin
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Alex De Minaur vs. Quentin Halys
- Richard Gasquet vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Borna Coric vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Taro Daniel vs. Alexander Zverev
- Casper Ruud vs. Ilya Ivashka
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Holger Rune
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Maxime Cressy
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Grigor Dimitrov: friday
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Facundo Bagnis: friday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Ugo Humbert: friday
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Emilio Nava (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman (31) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (1), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat J.J. Wolf: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Roberto Bautista Agut (22): 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Denis Shapovalov (24) beat Guido Pella: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
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