Stefanos Tsitsipas battled hard to end Cristian Garin’s storming Miami Open run with a 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory, setting up a last 16 clash with Karen Khachanov.
The second seed took to the Hard Rock Stadium courts for the first time against the Chilean, after receiving a bye and a walkover in the first two rounds, and looked to have shaken off a recent shoulder injury as he made a strong start, only to lose the second set before edging a gruelling battle in the third.
Ad Tsitsipas took two hours and three minutes to claim victory, landing 12 aces and 31 winners to halt his in-form opponent, who took down Marcos Giron and Sebastian Baez in Miami after defeating Casper Ruud during his run to the fourth round at Indian Wells earlier this month.
ATP Miami'I'm happy for them' — Tsitsipas says Alcaraz, Medvedev success 'benefits' him23/03/2023 AT 16:09 Next up for Tsitsipas is a clash with Khachanov in a repeat of January’s Australian Open semi-final, which the Greek won in four sets.