ATP Miami Masters: De Minaur knocks out rising star Fonseca, Zverevfritz advances

On March 24, local time, the ATP1000 Miami Masters ended the third round of the men's singles, and the top seed Zverev defeated Australia's Thompson 7-5/6-4 to face France's Gofez, who saved six set points in the first set and defeated local player and No. 16 seed Tiafoe 7-6(11)/5-7/6-2. Third seed Fritz defeated 27th seed Shapovalov 7-5, 6-3 to face lucky loser Walton, who eliminated Hong Kong's Wong Chak Lam 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4. The 19-year-old rookie Mensik defeated Safiullin 6-4, 6-4 to set up a 'Czech derby' with 20th seed Mahachi, who beat homegrown cannon Opelka 7-6(1)/6-3.

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10th seed De Minaur overcame 2-0 down in the deciding set to defeat Brazilian rising star Fonseca 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 to set up a fourth-round clash with 29th seed Berrettini, who defeated Belgium's Berges 6-4, 6-4.

De Minaur said in his post-match interview: "It was a super intense fight, I knew before the game what was going to happen, not only is he [Fonseca] a very talented, dangerous, explosive player, but he is very confident now and there are a lot of crowds here to support him. I knew I was going to face pressure from the crowd and it took all my energy, so all I could do was keep my feet on the ground and play my own game and I'm happy to win this game. In the face of the "crazy" support of the Brazilian fans in the field, De Minaur withstood the pressure to win the spotlight match, and after the game he wrote "Rio Open" on camera, mocking himself as if he was competing in Rio.

Men's singles round of 16

Zverev[1] vs Fess[17]

Mahachi[20] vs Mensik

Fritz[3] vs Walton[L]

De Minaur[10] v Berrettini[29]

Korda[24] vs Monfils

Novak Djokovic[4] vs Musetti[15]

Ruud[5] vs Cerundolo[23]

Dimitrov[14]vs Brandon Nakashima[31]

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)