Fortunate loser Adam Walton and fellow Aussies Jordan Thompson and Alex de Minaur have superior to the third spherical in an more and more wide-open males’s draw on the Miami Masters.
Miami, FL, United States, 23 March 2025 | Matt Trollope
Queenslander Adam Walton has made essentially the most of his last-minute fortunate loser entry into the Miami Open foremost draw, progressing the third spherical.
Walton changed 2021 Miami champion Hubert Hurkacz and moved immediately into the second spherical as a result of Hurkacz was seeded and had obtained a first-round bye.
There he met Italy’s Luciano Darderi, and slammed 15 aces en path to a 6-4 6-4 victory.
The end result sees Walton attain the third spherical of an ATP Masters 1000 match for the primary time, simply two weeks after he received his first Masters-level match to succeed in the second spherical at Indian Wells.
Walton was later joined within the final 32 by Jordan Thompson and Alex de Minaur, the latter scoring a late-night win on Saturday in Miami over China’s Bu Yunchaokete.
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De Minaur, the No.10 seed, progresses to a third-round showdown with Brazilian prodigy Joao Fonseca.
In the meantime, world No.37 Thompson upset big-serving twenty eighth seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(4) 7-6(1).
It was the start of a terrific day for the Sydneysider, who then mixed with Sebastian Korda to beat Individuals Alex Michelsen and Ben Shelton in straight units within the first spherical of the doubles competitors.
Thompson and Korda, finalists final week at Indian Wells, superior to the final 16 together with all-Aussie combo Matt Ebden and John Friends.
The Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallists beat Argentines Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry to arrange a possible showdown with No.1 seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, who beat Thompson and Korda within the Indian Wells ultimate.
A day earlier in ladies’s doubles, Storm Hunter received the primary match of her comeback from virtually a 12 months on the sidelines with a ruptured Achillies.
Hunter, combining with American Caroline Dolehide, overwhelmed Magda Linette and Dayana Yastremska 6-1 6-1 to advance to the second spherical.
For Thompson, his singles marketing campaign takes a difficult flip given his subsequent opponent is prime seed Alexander Zverev. But the Aussie will fancy his possibilities, having received two of his previous three conferences in opposition to the world No.2.
For Walton, his draw has opened up after Coleman Wong upstaged thirteenth seed Ben Shelton in a third-set tiebreak.
Walton will now face Wong – a 20-year-old wildcard from Hong Kong, ranked 182nd – for a spot within the fourth spherical.
Shelton is one in all six top-16 seeds to exit the boys’s singles attract Miami.
4 others – Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jack Draper and Holger Rune – had been semifinalists at Indian Wells final week, whereas eighth seed Andrey Rublev additionally misplaced, ousted by Zizou Bergs.
In different Aussie outcomes, twenty fifth seed Alexei Popyrin fell in three tight units to Roman Safiullin.
