Miami Open 2026 Day 4 Recap

Day 4 of the 2026 Miami Open saved the momentum rolling at Arduous Rock Stadium, with prime seeds asserting dominance and a number of other notable upsets shaking up the Spherical of 64.

Contemporary off his Indian Wells title, World No. 2 Jannik Sinner made a commanding begin to his Sunshine Double bid, cruising previous Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3 in simply 71 minutes

The most important shock got here from Alexander Shevchenko, who rallied from two factors from defeat to upset eighth seed Ben Shelton 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-3 with aggressive baseline play

Different highlights included Alejandro Tabilo taking down fifteenth seed Andrey Rublev 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4, Marin Cilic saving a match level to edge Brandon Nakashima (27) in a third-set tiebreak. Full recap and key insights beneath.

Day 4 2026 Miami Open Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29)
Zizou Bergs
7-6(5) 7-6(3)

Alexander Shevchenko
Ben Shelton (8)
6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-3

Quentin Halys
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (16)
7-6(8) 6-4

Marin Cilic
Brandon Nakashima (27)
2-6 6-4 7-6(7)

Ugo Humbert (31)
Gabriel Diallo
6-1 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (19)
Arthur Cazaux
7-6(1) 6-1

Jakub Mensik (12)
Adam Walton (Q)
3-6 6-2 6-4

Felix Auger-Aliassime (7)
Marton Fucsovics
7-6(3) 7-5

Alejandro Tabilo
Andrey Rublev (15)
6-7(5) 6-2 6-4

Francisco Cerundolo (18)
Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL)
6-4 6-2

Alex Michelsen
Cameron Norrie (23)
7-5 6-7(4) 6-4

Corentin Moutet (30)
Tomas Machac
6-0 1-6 6-4

Jannik Sinner (2)
Damir Dzumhur
6-3 6-3

Daniil Medvedev (9)
Rei Sakamoto (WC)
6-7(10) 6-3 6-1

Alexander Zverev (3)
Martin Damm (WC)
6-2 6-4

Terence Atmane
Arthur Rinderknech (26)
7-6(4) 6-3

Rafael Jodar (Q)
Aleksandar Vukic (LL)
6-1 6-2

Kamil Majchrzak
Learner Tien (20)
6-2 4-6 6-2

Key Matches

Jannik Sinner (2) def. Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3

The World No. 2 made a dominant, environment friendly begin to his title bid simply days after successful Indian Wells. He dropped solely eight factors on serve, gained 14/17 internet factors, and prolonged his Masters 1000 successful streak to 12 matches (tying Novak Djokovic’s document for consecutive units gained at that degree with 24). Subsequent: vs. Corentin Moutet (30), who beat Tomas Machac 6-0, 1-6, 6-4.

Alexander Shevchenko def. Ben Shelton (8) 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-3

The Kazakhstani staged a comeback from two factors from defeat within the second set, successful the tiebreak and breaking early within the third with aggressive baseline play.

This was Shevchenko’s third Prime 10 win, and it dropped Shelton to 1-4 lifetime in Miami, and he’s not had a great Sunshie Double. Subsequent: vs Ugo Humbert (31), who crushed Gabriel Diallo 6-1, 6-4, and he’s a handful on lower-bouncing courts.

Alexander Zverev (3) def. Martin Damm (WC) 6-2, 6-4

Easy begin for the third seed in his first match towards the younger American wild card. Zverev prolonged his decade-leading Masters 1000 wins document (now 103), his streak vs outdoors Prime 100 to fifteen, and his document vs lefties to 40-1 since RG 2023 (their forehand into his backhand is bread and butter for him). Subsequent: vs. Marin Cilic, who saved a match level to upset Brandon Nakashima (27) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(7).

Daniil Medvedev (9) def. Rei Sakamoto (WC) 6-7(10), 6-3, 6-1

The Indian Wells finalist recovered after dropping a good first-set tiebreak to the 19-year-old Japanese wild card (who earned his maiden ATP win in R1). Medvedev rolled within the remaining two units.

Rafael Jodar (Q) def. Aleksandar Vukic (LL) 6-1, 6-2

Breakout continued for the 19-year-old Spaniard. He dominated in 56 minutes, saved all break factors, and leads the Subsequent Gen ATP Stay Race over Joao Fonseca. Subsequent: vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29), who beat Zizou Bergs 7-6(5), 7-6(3).

Different notable outcomes:

Highlights

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