Tennis news - Roger Federer, Kevin Anderson advance to fourth round in Miami
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ByEurosport
Updated 26/03/2019 at 07:44 GMT
Roger Federer overcame a sluggish start to defeat Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-3 and Kevin Anderson's booming serve proved too much for Joao Sousa as both seeded players advanced to the fourth round of the Miami Open on Monday.
Roger Federer in Miami.
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Serb Krajinovic broke Federer to jump into an early 2-1 lead in the first set and it looked like an upset could be in the works against the 20-time Grand Slam champion.
But momentum swung in the fourth-seeded Federer's direction when he blasted a cross-court forehand winner to break Krajinovic's serve to take the closely fought first set.
The 37-year-old Swiss coasted after that thanks to an overpowering serve that Krajinovic struggled to read.
Next up for Federer is a clash with Russian Daniil Medvedev, who was made to work harder for his win, spending nearly two-and-a-half hours on court with Reilly Opelka and prevailing 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-6 (0).
Anderson mixed 13 aces with just one double fault to seal a 6-4 7-6(6) victory over Portuguese Sousa earlier on Monday.
The towering South African sixth seed will be a heavy favourite on Tuesday when he faces unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson, who beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-5.
Denis Shapovalov took less than 30 minutes to go a set up, but needed a further hour to finish off Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6 (5), while David Goffin beat 14th seed Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4 and Frances Tiafoe got the better of David Ferrer 5-7 6-3 6-3.
Australian Open semi-finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas also progressed, beating Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-4.
Additional reporting from PA
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