MIAMI – The Miami Open men’s draw is shaping up to be a battle of the defending champion and the young guns, as Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner all marched into the quarter-finals with convincing victories.

Medvedev, who beat Sinner in the 2023 final, earned a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 win over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer on March 26 while top seed Alcaraz took care of Italian Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-3, 6-3 victory.