Alex de Minaur's Miami campaign is over, bowing out to Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-3 7-6(7) in the fourth-round on the first rain affected day of the tournament.
Coming off a pulsating win over Brazil young gun João Fonseca on Monday Night, the Aussie had to back up Tuesday against the former world No.6, with the match originally scheduled for the Grandstand court (second biggest in Miami), only to be shifted in the revised schedule to the third biggest court (Butch Buchholz).
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Berrettini shot out of the blocks in blistering fashion to grab the early advantage taking the opening set in 35 minutes, saving the two break point opportunities that de Minaur had on his serve.
As is often the case when the chips are down, the Aussie wasn't going to go away and put himself in a great position to win the second set leading 5-3 and then 6-3 in the tie-break only to be rundown. De Minaur could only convert two of nine break points for the match.
The Sunshine double has produced two Round of 16 departures, but he does climb back into the top-10, with Daniil Medvedev dropping three spots to No.11 in the world.
De Minaur like the rest of the top men will next suit up in Monte Carlo for the ATP Masters 1000 in just under two weeks time.
Berrettini will play American Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals who ended the lucky loser run of another Aussie in Adam Walton, who put himself in with a great chance to win the second set only to be worn down 6-3 7-5.
The 25-year-old is at a career high 85 in the live rankings, who turned a poor showing in his qualifying match against good mate Tristan Schoolkate into a week where he almost pushed the world number four to three sets. A few more of the media pack here know who Adam Walton is now.
On the doubles court Storm Hunter and Caroline Dolehide went down in the quarter finals to top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend 7-5 6-2, while Jordan Thompson and Sebastian Korda withdrew from their quarter final, with Korda threw to the singles last eight to play Novak Djokovic eyeing title 100. Argentine Francisco Cerundulo and Grigor Dimitrov will square off on the same side of the draw.
On the women's side, top seed Aryna Sabalenka booked a place in the semi finals with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Qinwen Zheng to now play Jasmine Paolini who was too strong for Magda Linette.
No Australian presence left in any of the draws, but Wednesday in Miami will see one fourth round match to complete, cancelled today because of the rain between Alexander Zverev and Arthur Fils.
Czech Jakub Mensik awaits the winner and the remainder of the women's quarter-finals headlined by a primetime showdown between Emma Raducanu and Jessica Pegula.
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