Botic of the Sand Scallop. Photo: Twitter.
Botic van de Zandschulp settled for the first time in his career with a top five player when he beat Casper Ruud in Miami.
The final score was 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in the Dutchman’s favour.
“It was a very tough match and Casper had so many chances in the third set. But I felt the whole time that I could tame his serves and with the score at 5-4 I grabbed my chance with both hands,” said Van de Zandschulp.
Despite Ruud’s good performances in 2022 – where he played in the finals of the French and American Open – he is struggling with his consistency this year.
FIRST TOP 5 WIN ????@Boticvdz takes out Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-4 with some amazing defence on match point!#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/i79n6u9TDV
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 27, 2023
Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune are all through to the next round of the Miami Open.
Results:
Botic van der Zandschulp beat Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4
Jannik Sinner beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 and 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz klop Dusan Lajovic met 6-0 at 7-6
Andrey Rublev klop Miomir Kecmanovic met 6-1 en 6-2
Taylor Fritz beat Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4
Holger Rune beat Diego Schwartzman 6-4 and 6-2
Aryna Sabalenka beat Marie Bouzkova met 6-1 en 6-2
Belinda Bencic beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 at 6-3
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