Sebastian Korda is set to build on his recent victory over Carlos Alcaraz when he takes on Martin Landaluce in the Miami fourth round on Tuesday.
Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Fils are also aiming for a place in the quarterfinals.
Fils and Vacherot Set for First Meeting
Arthur Fils is heading into fourth-round action at the Miami Open on Tuesday afternoon, coming off what he called the best match of his career. The 31st-ranked Frenchman dominated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 6-1 in just 55 minutes on Sunday night. Fils’s record this season is 11-4, and he has not lost a match to an opponent ranked worse than No. 8 in the world.
Next up for the 21-year-old is a first-ever meeting with Vacherot, who has advanced with straight-set victories over Mariano Navone and Matteo Berrettini.
Winning a third match at a single tournament has been a stumbling block for Vacherot in 2026, and that will likely be the case again in Miami. Fils is on fire, and the Frenchman’s forehand will have the Shanghai champion playing a lot more defence than he would like.
Pick: Fils in 2
Korda Favoured Against Landaluce
Although Korda’s third-round draw was terrible on paper, a much friendlier one awaits him in the last 16. Landaluce is a 20-year-old Spaniard who had been a hopeless 2-14 all time at the ATP level prior to arriving in Miami. From virtually out of nowhere, he qualified for the main draw and then ousted Marcos Giron, Luciano Darderi, and Karen Khachanov.
Landaluce is a legitimate future prospect, but Korda is the far more polished and experienced player right now.
Although it’s never easy to follow up a monumental result in the very next round, it shouldn’t matter for Korda in this case given that he is facing an opponent who is dealing with an even more unprecedented situation.
Pick: Korda in 2