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Cape Town – South African Tennis Star Kevin Anderson reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Open after beating Australia Jordan Thompson.
Anderson, seeded sixth, who plays in the first tournament since January, has won 7-5 and 7-5 against the world number 77 to reach his third quarter-final. He had already reached this stage in 2011 and 2018.
Anderson lost to the second round of the Australian Open and retired from four tournaments due to a right elbow injury.
The 32-year-old, who defeated Spain's Jaume Munar and Portugal's No. 1 Joao Sousa earlier in the week, will face fourth-seeded Roger Federer, who beat Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2 .
Results of the Miami Open WTA / ATP Masters Tournament Tuesday (x-denotes):
Men
Fourth round
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x22) by Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
John Isner (United States x7) by Kyle Edmund (GBR x19) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3)
Felix Auger-Alibadime (CAN) by Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x17) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Borna Coric (CRO x11) and Nick Kyrgios (AUS x27) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Kevin Anderson (RSA x6) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS) 7-5, 7-5
Denis Shapovalov (CAN x20) by Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x8) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3)
Frances Tiafoe (United States x28) David Goffin (BEL x18) 7-5, 7-6 (8/6)
Women
Quarter-finals
Anett Kontaveit (EST x21) by Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE x27) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Ashleigh Barty (AUS x12) by Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-2
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