Miami - Day 4 Wildcard Ferrer dumps Zverev

It’s Day Four in the Miami Open - round two matches in the ATP draw and round three matches in the WTA draw.

Miami Open presented by Itaú - an ATP Masters 1000 category tournament, on Hard Layklold, in Miami, Florida, USA, 20-31 March 2019.

Defending champion:

John Isner (14) who defeated Alexander Zverev (4) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-

ATP second round 

• Denis Shapovalov (20) v lucky loser Daniel Evans 

Shapovalov had played Evans twice before, in a Challenger tournament in 2016, and a Davis Cup match in 2017.  Evans won both in three sets, the DC clash a best of five.

Shapovalov has progressed the quicker since then, now the highest ranked teenager at #23 in the world.

And the Canadian began as expected, holding his first two serves to love, and forcing Evans to save two break points in game two.

However, there was a turnaround in the fifth game with the Brit displaying some of his variety of shot making for which he is becoming renowned.  He broke Shapovalov with his second opportunity and led 3-2.

With a full head of steam, Evans served two successive love games and eventually served out the set 6-4.

Shapovalov dominated set two, not having to face a break point, but converting both chances created on the Evans delivery.  6-1, and twenty eight of the forty four points available.

The decider saw Shapovalov in the fourth game waste two break chances with unforced errors, but he fought on, and the pressure exerted on Evans brought reward as the fourth break point was converted.

After that, it was a smooth run to the finish line, with just a small blip in the sixth game, two break points needing to be saved.

Denis Shapovalov won 4-6 6-1 6-3.

• Marco Cecchinato (14) was handed a walkover by Damir Dzumhur 
• João Sousa defeated Steve Johnson (31) 7-6(6) 6-4
• Leonardo Mayer defeated Guido Pella (26) 6-2 6-4
• Jordan Thompson defeated Karen Khachanov (10) 6-2 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (13) defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-1
• Filip Krajinovic defeated Stan Wawrinka (30) 5-7 6-2 7-6(5)
• David Goffin (18) defeated Pablo Andújar 6-4 6-1
• Kevin Anderson (6) defeated Jaume Munar 6-4 3-6 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (24) defeated Feliciano López 6-1 6-3
• Qualifier Andrey Rublev defeated Marin Cilic (9) 6-4 6-4
• Qualifier Reilly Opelka defeated Diego Schwartzman (21) 6-4 3-6 6-4
• Roger Federer (4) defeated qualifier Radu Albot 4-6 7-5 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (8) defeated lucky loser Mackenzie McDonald 7-6(4) 6-1
• Frances Tiafoe (28) defeated wildcard Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6(6) 7-6(5)
• Wildcard David Ferrer defeated last years finalist Alexander Zverev (2) 2-6 7-5 6-3

Another bad day for the top seeds with Zverev (2), Cilic (9) and Khachanov (10) joining yesterday’s casualties Thiem (3) and Nishikori (5) on the scrap heap.