In the early morning of March 29, Beijing time, the third round of the ATP1000 Miami Masters began to compete, and the top seed Medvedev met Spain's Martinez. The two sides had a meeting in the second round of the Australian Open in 2020, but Medvedev won in three straight sets. Medvedev was also even better in today's game, knocking out his opponent 2-0 and making it to the men's singles round of 16.
In the first set, Medvedev missed three break point opportunities in the second set, and the two sides saved the first seven sets of the game, and Medvedev took a 4-3 lead. In the 8th set, Medvedev completed a key break on the opponent's serve and came to win the set 5-3. In the 9th set, Medvedev managed to save the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Medvedev defused the break point in the second set to save the serve, in the third set he took the lead in breaking the opponent's serve, and in the fourth set Medvedev lost the serve, and the first four sets of the two sides were 2-2. Medvedev completed the break in the 7th inning and then he saved the game to take a 5-3 lead. In the 10th set, Medvedev won four consecutive runs to win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 24 minutes, the top seed Medvedev defeated Spain's Martinez 6-3, 6-4 to reach the miami men's singles round of 16. After advancing to the round of 16, Medvedev is two wins away from surpassing Djokovic to return to the world's first win. In the next game, Medvedev will face homegrown Brooksby, who eliminated 15th-seeded Agut in three sets.