The 24-year-old Italian is just the third man to reach the quarterfinals on his first five appearances at the Miami Open, joining Yannick Noah and Stefan Edberg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Indian Wells champion Sinner rallied from 2-5 in the second set to complete a one-hour, 42-minute triumph and improve his tally of consecutive sets won at Masters 1000 events to a record-extending 28.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI felt like the serve helped me quite a lot today, especially in important moments and in the tie-break, so I\u2019m happy about that. At the same time, I know that if I want to go far in this tournament, I have to improve from the back of the court. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Tomorrow is a day off, which helps me and I will try to find good rhythm in the practice session. Then we\u2019ll see how things go,\" said Sinner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s completely different conditions to last night, so I\u2019m happy how I fought. It was very close. A very close match against Alex. He\u2019s a tough opponent, so I\u2019m very happy,\" he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He has now won his past 28 matches against American opponents dating back to his loss to Ben Shelton in Shanghai in 2023. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Martin Landaluce has continued his dream run with another big win as the 20-year-old Spanish qualifier saved one match point in a dramatic 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 win over home favourite Sebastian Korda to reach the quarterfinal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He has now won his past 28 matches against American opponents dating back to his loss to Ben Shelton in Shanghai in 2023. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Now up 48 places to No. 103 in the ATP Live Rankings, Landaluce will next face Jiri Lehecka, who upset World No. 7 Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n