Indian Wells champions Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina stayed on course to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’ with straight sets wins at the Miami Open on Tuesday.
Spain’s world number one Alcaraz deployed his dynamic game to tame Tommy Paul 6–4 6–4 and set up a quarterfinal with another American Taylor Fritz, who eased past Denmark’s Holger Rune 6–3 6–4 earlier in the day.
Alcaraz showcased his sensational speed and reflexes to reach a drop shot for love-30 and broke Paul two points later for a 3–2 advantage.
An acrobatic overhead winner gave Paul a break point at 5–4 but Alcaraz recovered, unleashing a perfectly disguised drop shot of his own that Paul could not chase down to claim the first set….