Jannik Sinner beat Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4 to reach the quarter finals on Grandstand at the Miami Open for the third consecutive year. The Italian player beat Laslo Djere, Grigor Dimitrov and Rublev to advance to the quarter final without dropping a set. He has moved up to 10th in the ATP Live Ranking.
Sinner converted three of the five break points he faced to improve his head-to-head record to 3-2 against Rublev.
Sinner reeled off four consecutive games from 1-1 with two breaks in the third and fifth games en route to winning the first set 6-2. The 2021 Miami Open finalist earned the only break point of the second set in the seventh game and converted it to seal the second set 6-4 clinching his 19th tour-level match win of the season.
The seven-time ATP Tour hit 28 winners to just 8 unforced errors. He also won 86% of his first serve points and did not face a break point.
Sinner is aiming to reach his second consecutive Masters 1000 semifinal after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in Indian Wells.
“I think today I served better, maybe the best match in Miami so far. I am happy about that. I will try to keep it going. I just tried to play with the right tactics. Playing bombs after bombs, it’s never easy. I think I changed my game a little bit, so I am very happy about that”, said Sinner.
