Medvedev 1 win from reclaiming world No 1 spot
Miami
DANIIL Medvedev is one win away from retaking the world No 1 spot after moving past American Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-1 and into the Miami Open quarter-finals on Tuesday (Mar 29).
The US Open champion lost his serve in the first game but found momentum after fending off 2 more break points in the fifth, winning the final 4 games of the first set in which he fired down 6 aces. He ripped through the second set in less than half an hour, dropping 1 first serve point.
Medvedev will face defending champion Hubert Hurkacz in the quarters, with a win moving the Russian back to world No 1 on Monday, 2 weeks after he lost the spot to Novak Djokovic.
"At this moment, I don't feel any pressure," Medvedev said, adding: "Of course maybe during the match, pressure can start to build up, depending on how the match is going . . . But at this moment it's just a lot of extra motivation to try to make this one more step."
Australian wild card Nick Kyrgios lost to Italian Jannik Sinner 7-6(3) 6-3 after a dispute with the chair umpire.
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Kyrgios received a point penalty for bad behavior in the first-set tie-break and in between sets angrily and repeatedly asked the chair umpire "What is unsportsmanlike?" before walking to his bench and whacking his racket against the court.
The gesture earned him a game penalty, allowing Sinner to open the second set up a break.
Elsewhere in the day's action, fourth-ranked German Alexander Zverev overcame a solid defensive effort from Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis to win 6-4 6-4 and set up a quarter-final clash with eighth-ranked Casper Ruud.
Naomi Osaka thumped 13 aces and 25 winners to dispatch an injured Danielle Collins 6-2 6-1 to reach the semi-finals, where she will meet Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. Bencic has won all 3 of her Tour-level meetings with the 4-time Grand Slam champion, although they have not met since the 2019 US Open. REUTERS
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