Jannik Sinner and Paula Badosa both retire from Miami Open quarter-finals against Fran Cerundolo and Jessica Pegula

Fans at the Miami Open on Wednesday afternoon were left short-changed as both men's and women's quarter-finals ended in retirements. Jannik Sinner suffered foot blisters to hand Fran Cerundolo a first-ever spot in the last four of a Masters tournament, while Paula Badosa couldn't battle through the ailment she had felt during the previous round, giving Jessica Pegula a pass to the semi-finals. Ad/> Both Sinner — who had beaten Nick Kyrgios in the previous round — and Badosa called it a day in their respective first sets, coincidentally both at 1-4 down.

ATP Miami'Absolute clown' — Kyrgios doubles down on umpire criticism as Roddick cites 'ego'8 HOURS AGO It was a big disappointment for the seeded pair who were favourites heading into their respective last eight matches, but conversely there were feelings of joy for their conquerors — especially world no. 103 Cerundolo, who is set to rise close to the top 50 with this result. The 23-year-old said: «I’ve been training with Sinner for the past few days and I hadn’t seen anything strange.

»It’s not the best way, but it means everything to me being in the semi-finals. 'Absolute clown' — Kyrgios doubles down on umpire criticism as Roddick cites 'ego' Opinion: Men's tennis has an anger issue — and it needs fixing Roddick compares 'animal' Alcaraz to Agassi after win over Tsitsipas «It’s a turning point for my life, it changes my perspective.» Pegula spoke from a similar hymn sheet to Cerundolo, saying: “Of course, it’s not nice to win that way. “It’s the first time I’ve ever even hit with her [Badosa] at all and I was really looking forward to playing because she’s been having an amazing year.