(Tennis news) At just 18 years of age, Carlos Alcaraz defeated World Number 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets 7-5 6-3 in a match that took almost two hours at the Miami Open. It was a rematch between the pair as they faced each other at the US Open and the Spanish teenager emerged victorious in that clash as well. 

Speaking after the match, Alcaraz said “It was really, really tough. He was playing unbelievable. All I can say is I fought until the last ball in the first set [to] come back.” The Spaniard will now face Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter-finals after the 22 year old Serbian defeated Taylor Fritz 3-6 6-1 6-4. Earlier, Nick Kyrgios crashed out of the Miami Open after receiving a game penalty in the fourth round clash against Jannik Sinner. The Australian constantly vented out to the umpire Carlos Bernardes in a tight first set.

Kyrgios went on to lose the tie-break after being docked a point for smashing his racquet and double faulting and was docked a game after smashing his racquet again in the second set before succumbing to a 7-6 (3) 6-3 defeat. The Australian yelled to Bernardes “What is unsportsmanlike? I just don't think he controls the crowd well at all, in my personal opinion. People can have their opinions on it. I just don't think my point penalty was worth a point penalty."

The result also means that Cameron Norrie’s chances of breaking into the top 10 rankings this week look slim, as the British tennis player lost 6-3, 6-4 to Norway’s Casper Ruud. Playing with a heavy strapping on his left leg, Norrie couldn’t replicate his form that he had displayed earlier in the tournament and failed to manage a single break-point against the Norwegian World Number 8 until he converted three in the eighth game of the second set.

Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev needs just one more win to reclaim the World Number 1 spot after progressing to the quarter-finals with a 7-5 6-1 win over Jenson Brooksby. The Russian was forced to rally from 5-3 down in the first set to book a place in the last eight. In the women’s tournament, Naomi Osaka progressed to the quarter-finals after defeating Danielle Collins in straight sets 6-2 6-1. The Japanese tennis player, currently ranked 77th defeated the World Number 11 for the second time, the first being at the Indian Wells in 2019 when Osaka was World Number 1 and Collins was 25th. Osaka will face Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the semi-finals.

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