No. 3 seed Taylor Fritz advanced at the Miami Open on a day that saw several of his fellow Americans ousted from the Masters 1000-level tournament.
On what was a tough day for the host country on both the men’s and women’s sides, Fritz defeated Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to set up a meeting with Australian lucky loser Adam Walton in the round of 16.
In other men’s results, American Frances Tiafoe fell to France’s Arthur Fils 7-6 (11), 5-7, 6-2. And Reilly Opelka lost 7-6 (1), 6-3 to Czechia’s Tomas Machac.
Fils will face top seed Alexander Zverev in the fourth round after the German beat Australia’s Jordan Thompson 7-5, 6-4.
Also on Monday, Jakub Mensik topped Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, and Italian 29th seed Matteo Berrettini defeated Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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