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Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semi-finals for the third time in the past four years with a 64, 62 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.: Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday.
Pechadur, second seed, takes on either No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev or No. 22 seed Nicolas Jarry, who plays later.
Sinner reached his fourth final four of the season and moved to 20-1 overall. He reached the finals of this event in 2021 and 2023, losing both times.
“It was a very difficult game, but I was happy with the performance,” said Sinner.
Sinner, 22, said Machac served well early and his aggression kept things close for a while. But Sinner continued his great run, breaking his opponent’s serve four times, to advance to the next round.
“I always say when everything feels good on the court, it’s easy to play tennis,” he said. “But it has to start in a training session when you don’t feel well, but you still have to train and this can make the difference.
“Right now, I feel really good on the court,” he continued.
On the women’s side, Danielle Collins defeated No. 23 seed Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Miami semifinals for the first time since she did so as a qualifier six years ago.
Garcia was coming off consecutive wins over Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaki and Coco Gauff. But the streak ended against Collins, who has won 10 of 11 sets in this tournament and needs just 80 minutes to progress.
Collins moved to 4-0 in her career against Garcia, who never had a break point in the match. Collins downplayed the dominant display.
“Against someone like Caro, it forces me to be more focused, because I know I don’t want to give her an inch,” Collins said.
Collins will face either No. 5 seeds Jessica Pegula or Ekaterina Alexandrova, who play on Wednesday night, for a place in the championship final.
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