Miami opens up after Day 3
Day 3 of the Miami Open delivered shocks and momentum swings — Carlos Alcaraz advanced, Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Alex de Minaur, and Ethan Quinn upset Casper Ruud in one of the tournament’s headline surprises. The day’s roundup reshuffles contenders and sets up a volatile middle week at Hard Rock Stadium through March 29. (tennisuptodate.com) (perfect-tennis.com)
Carlos Alcaraz closed out his meeting with 19-year-old João Fonseca 6-4, 6-4 in a 95-minute session, saving all three break points he faced and improving his 2026 season mark to 17-1. (atptour.com) Alcaraz is slated to meet Sebastian Korda in the third round according to the official Miami Open bracket. (espn.com) Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Alex de Minaur 6-3, 7-6(3), extended his Lexus ATP Head2Head lead to 12-1 and won 39 of 40 first-serve points in a one-hour, 25-minute match. (atptour.com) That victory moved Tsitsipas up to No. 48 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and sets up a third-round clash with Arthur Fils. (atptour.com) Ethan Quinn defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 7-6 (tiebreak) in a 1-hour, 51-minute contest in which he saved multiple set points, fired 13 aces and out-hit Ruud in winners 38–27. (upi.com) Quinn’s run — coming off a Phoenix Challenger title and a win over Hubert Hurkacz in Round 1 — puts him into a third-round slot against the winner of Jiri Lehecka vs. Moïse Kouamé. (miamiopen.com) Friday’s schedule was repeatedly disrupted by rain, producing delays across the Hard Rock Stadium campus, while the Alcaraz–Fonseca session drew a reported single-session crowd of 17,391. (upi.com) The upsets and tight-score wins reshuffle the draw’s balance: Alcaraz/Korda occupy one third-round pathway, Tsitsipas/Fils another, and Quinn’s upset opens a more volatile lower section that analysts had flagged as susceptible to surprise runs. (espn.com)
