Djokovic beats Musetti to reach Miami quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic cruised previous Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 6-2 to succeed in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open.

The match was delayed due to rain and world quantity 5 Djokovic, who has gained six Miami titles, began slowly and was damaged within the opening recreation as Italy’s Musetti opened up a 2-0 lead.

However Serbian Djokovic, 37, utterly dominated the match from that time.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion gained 9 consecutive video games, closing out the primary set 6-2 and transferring 3-0 up within the second.

World quantity 16 Musetti, 23, supplied little resistance regardless of successful a few video games as Djokovic cruised by way of to arrange a tie with American Sebastian Korda.

Korda booked his place within the quarter-finals earlier on Tuesday with a 6-4 2-6 6-4 victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils, whereas Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo can also be by way of after beating Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4 6-2.

Within the ladies’s draw, Italian sixth seed Jasmine Paolini defeated Poland’s Magda Linette 6-3 6-2 to arrange a last-four tie with both world primary Aryna Sabalenka or China’s Zheng Qinwen, who play afterward Tuesday in Miami.