Tennis professional Alexander Zverev reached the quarterfinals of the Masters tournament in Miami. The Olympic champion defeated the Russian Karen Khachanov 6:1, 6:4. Both had faced each other in the final for the Olympic victory in Tokyo in 2021, which Zverev won 6:3, 6:1. This time too, the fifth in the world rankings from Hamburg had hardly any problems with his opponent: after 1:09 hours, Zverev converted his match point.
Zverev will now face Fabian Marozsan in the quarterfinals. The Hungarian won against ninth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur 6:4, 0:6, 6:1. In a possible semi-final, Zverev could then face Carlos Alcaraz from Spain, who also made it to the quarter-finals with a 6:3, 6:3 win against Lorenzo Musetti from Italy and will now face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrow.
Dominik Koepfer was previously eliminated. The 29-year-old lost to defending champion Daniil Medvedev from Russia 6:7 (5:7), 0:6.