Miami Open: Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev qualify for the quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz stayed on track for a Sunshine Double with a 6-3 6-3 win against Lorenzo Musetti to qualify for the Miami Open quarter-finals for the third straight year on Tuesday.

The Spaniard brushed aside the 23rd seed from Italy in less than 90 minutes with a flurry of forehands.

"Without a doubt, this is the best I've been feeling," Alcaraz, who was troubled by an ankle injury earlier in the season, said after clinching his ninth consecutive match.

"I'm feeling great on the court, I'm moving great with no injuries because I don't think about the ankle anymore on the court."

Alcaraz will lock horns with 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov next after the Bulgarian registered a gritty 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) win over Poland's Hubert Hurkacz.

Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev stayed on course towards retaining a title for the first time in his career after beating Germany's Dominik Koepfer 7-6(5) 6-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals.

"Sometimes it happens when you lose the first set the way he lost ... it brings your (opponent's) energy down and I knew that I had to use it (to my advantage) in the beginning of the second set that's where it was the most important," Medvedev said after bagging his 350th career win.

The Russian’s next opponent will be Chile's Nicolas Jarry, the 22nd seed, in the last eight, after overpowered seventh seed Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6(3) 6-3.

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