After the world adjusted to the cataclysmic exit of Roger Federer so early in Miami, nothing unexpected was going to shock anyone come a Day Six, and indeed all the results went to script.
Except for third seed Grigor Dimitrov, whose hopes fell at the hands of unseeded Jérémy Chardy 6-4 6-4 in the third round.
After starting the year with a 10-3 match record, including a final against Federer in February in Rotterdam, Dimitrov has lost his opening matches in Dubai and Indian Wells - his only match win since Rotterdam was here in the second round against Maximilian Marterer.
Chardy, on the other hand, has made the round of sixteen at both Indian Wells and Miami, and it took Federer to remove him from IW.
Other third round matches in the bottom of the men’s draw:
Juan Martin del Potro (5) defeated Kei Nishikori (26) 6-2 6-2
Filip Krajinovic (22) defeated Benoit Paire 6-3 6-3
Milos Raonic (20) defeated Diego Schwartzman (13) 7-6(5) 6-3
João Sousa defeated Jared Donaldson 1-6 6-3 6-4
Hyeon Chung (19) defeated qualifier Michael Mmoh 6-1 6-1
John Isner (14) defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-3
Marin Cilic (2) defeated Vasek Pospisil 7-5 7-6(4)
The women’s third round was concluded with all the big names in the bottom of the draw safely through to the round of sixteen - Svitolina, Ostapenko, Venus Williams, Kvitova and Konta - although three of them dropped the opening set in the process.
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