After three clay Masters semifinals, Casper Ruud is in his first hard Masters semifinal after upsetting Alexander Zverv 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in Miami Wednesday night.

The 23-year-old Ruud also collects his first Top 4 match win en route to his 19th career semifinal, 4th on hard courts.

“It was great to get that break early on and I was able to keep it all the way out,” Ruud said of his early …

Iga Swiatek rolled into another semifinal — her 5th already of 22 — cruising past 2-time Slam winner Petra Kivotva 6-3, 6-3 at the Miami Masters.

Swiatek has now won her last 15 matches which includes titles at Doha and Indian Wells, and she’ll be No. 1 next Monday.

Swiatek broke for 4-2 in the first and then 3-2 in the second.

“I want to use the confidence that I built since the …

On a packed Tuesday full of men’s fourth round matches, Daniil Medvedev had to rally from a break down to beat Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-1.

The steady American grabbed a quick break over the world No. 2 and held on until serving for the set at 5-4 when things unraveled. Medvedev broke for 5-all and proceeded to run away with the match. The Russian and Brooksby play a similar game, but …

The first day of quarterfinal action was one-sided on Tuesday at the Miami Masters.

Gold medalist Belinda Bencic blew through Daria Saville of Australia 6-1, 6-2. The Swiss has lost a total of 17 games in four matches thus far, and hasn’t faced a set point or had anyone get to five games.

“I’m really happy. I really thought it was going to be a complicated match,” said Bencic after the …

Nearby Delray Beach resident Coco Gauff hung tough with Iga Swiatek for a good 30 minutes before soon-to-be-No. 1 pulled away with a 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Miami Masters quarterfinal.

Swiatek has now won her last 14 matches as she bids for a rare Sunshine Double — winning both Indian Wells and Miami. She’s lost just nine games en route to her first Miami quarter.

The Polish star will get a …

The third round of the men’s draw wrapped up Monday at the Miami Masters, giving way to a strong day of fourth round matches tomorrow.

Top seed and tournament favorite Daniil Medvedev moved closer to a first Miami semifinal, cruising past Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-4.

“I just felt like I had to be more consistent, and the more consistent one today would win,” said Medvedev. “I managed to just make a few …

Nick Kyrgios has his foot on the gas and he’s not slowing down. The talented Australian has been mowing down the competition this month and today he cruised past Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-4.

Kyrgios has won six of his last seven matches with the lone loss a tough 3-setter to Rafael Nadal last week at Indian Wells.

“I wanted to keep the momentum going,” Kyrgios said. “As soon as I had …

Iga Swiatek rolled to her 13th straight win cruising past Madison Brengle 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the Miami Masters final.

“I feel like I’m in a good place with my tennis and I’m focusing on that,” Swiatek said. “I know the ranking can be pressure, but on the other hand when I was climbing up and I entered Top 10 and Top 5 I felt the same feeling, and right …

Naomi Osaka had the easiest day possible not having to hit a ball at the Miami Masters and advance to the third round after Karolina Muchova withdrew ahead of their match due to an ab issue.

Muchova missed six months with an ab injury before returning this week, but after a tough win over Leylah Fernandez, the Czech sided with caution.

“Im sad that I cannot put up a battle against Naomi …

It was all Daniil Medvedev in his big showdown with Andy Murray as the Russian blew through the 2-time champion 6-4, 6-2 in the second round at the Miami Masters.

In this battle of former No. 1s, Medvedev got early breaks in both sets and with his serve and nearly impenetrable baseline game, it was too much for Murray.

“I think it was a great match. It’s never easy, first-round matches, even …

The WTA will have a new No. 1 once Miami finishes and it’s Iga Swiatek. The 20-year-old will become the first ever tennis player from Poland to reach the top spot in either ranking after his resounding 6-2, 6-0 win over Victorija Golubic.

With Ash Barty announcing her shock retirement earlier in the week, the door was open for the No. 2 player to move up, and Swiatek wrapped up …

Despite a knee issues, Nick Krygios continues to shine and today under the sun in Miami, the Australia destroyed an in-form Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-0 in just 52 minutes.

Kyrgios shrugged off his ongoing knee issue and rode his booming serve to an stunningly easy win over Rublev who had won two titles just last month.

“He came out hot at the start and that’s tennis. A couple points could swing a …

The big match-up between Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber turned one way as Osaka destroyed her fellow-No. 1 a 6-2, 6-3 in the second round at the Miami Masters.

Osaka, who was heckled out of Indian Wells last week, has looked good in two matches thus far, playing powerful tennis to overwhelm Kerber today.

“It is a confidence booster, but I didn’t go into the match not confident, if that makes sense,” …

Two-time champion Andy Murray opened with a win in Miami pulling away from lefty Federico Delbonis 7-6(4), 6-1 in the Miami Masters first round on Thursday night.

“It was difficult for me, especially in the first set,” Murray said. “It was a really tight first set, but I did well in the end.”

Murray, who spends time training in Miami, will now face Daniil Medvedev in the second round on Saturday. Murray …

Former champion Sloane Stephens won her Miami Masters opener topping Panna Udvardy of Hungary 6-4, 6-3. Stephens, who won the 2018 title over Jelena Ostapenko, had to battle from a break deficit in both sets.

“She’s a great competitor, obviously,” Stephens said. “It was a tough match, but I was happy to fight through and stick to my game plan and be able to execute.

“It’s always a special tournament for …