Top Seed Alexander Zverev Suffers Shock Miami Open Exit

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Tournament top seed Alexander Zverev has been knocked out of the Miami Open in Florida after suffering a straight sets defeat to Arthur Fils.

The German took the first set convincingly but failed to capitalise as Fils rallied to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance into the next round.

Zverev’s defeat means that only the duo of Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz are the remaining top-10 seeds left in the last eight of the tournament.

Meanwhile, Djokovic’s quarter-final encounter against American 24th seed Sebastian Korda has been pushed back to Thursday to avoid breaching ATP rules prohibiting matches beginning after 23:00 local time. 

Organisers revealed the match between the pair will be the third of the day (Thursday) and will start from 13:00 (17:00 GMT).

Meanwhile, Bulgarian 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov produced a courageous effort to beat Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 to progress into the next round.

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