Today’s Men’s News (3/25) – Miami

Written by: Staff on 25th March 2013

Sony Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Florida

Today's Men's News (3/25) - Miami

epa03640575 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria returns the ball to Andy Murray of Great Britain during their third round match at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Miami, Florida, USA, 25 March 2013. The tournament runs through 31 March. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER |

Miami

MONDAY

Monday got off to a milder start without the wild winds which plagued weekend play at Key Biscayne. But 2012 finalist Andy Murray still flirted with danger as he double-faulted on a match point before earning a 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Grigor Dimitrov to reach the fourth round.

Murray finally got past the 32nd-ranked Bulgarian tipped for the top. Murray’s win was his 15th of the season and sets him up for a contest against Italian 16th seed Andreas Seppi, a winner over Brazil’s Thomaz Pellucid 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

“It was a tough match with a lot of long games,” said Murray. “Rigor is starting to make a lot of trouble for his opponents and he showed that today, I’m glad to take the win. It was obviously way cooler today and much slower conditions, the ball wasn’t going as quick. Once I started to improve my depth a bit I made it tough for him and he started to make mother mistakes after that.”

Fourth seed Tomas Berdych out of jail, saving two match points as he overcame a heavily Latin crowd cheering Colombia’s Alejandro Falla with the Czech coming back 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-4. Sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-3.

French eighth seed Richard Gasquet and Spanish No. 10 Nicolas Almagro will square off after both moved through under cloudy but dry skies. Gasquet beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-4 while Almagro put out David Goffin 6-3, 6-4. American Sam Querrey earned a walkover win as Canada’s Milos Raonic could not play after falling ill with a strep throat.