Miami Open 2025 Day 9 Recap

Day 9 on the 2025 Miami Open delivered a mixture of veteran savvy and youthful ambition, as Novak Djokovic locked down Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6(4) to grow to be the oldest Miami Masters semi-finalist in historical past, whereas Taylor Fritz battled previous Matteo Berrettini 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-5 in a nail-biter.

Jakub Mensik stole the present, powering previous Arthur Fils 7-6(5), 6-1 to grow to be the primary Czech man in a Miami semi-final since 2015, marking his maiden Masters 1000 semi-final at simply 19.

With the ultimate 4 set, Djokovic will face Grigor Dimitrov, and Fritz will tackle Mensik on Friday. Stats, highlights, and a recap are beneath.

Day 9 2025 Miami Open Quarter Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jakub Menik
Arthur Fils (17)
7-6(5) 6-1

Taylor Fritz (3)
Matteo Berrettini (29)
7-5 6-7(7) 7-5

Novak Djokovic (4)
Sebastian Korda (24)
6-3 7-6(4)

Djokovic Figures out Korda

Novak Djokovic is again within the Miami Open semi-finals after he took out Sebastian Korda 6-3, 7-6(4) in a quarter-final conflict postponed from Wednesday.

Djoker is chasing a report seventh Miami title, and based mostly on his kind this week and the draw opening up, it’s exhausting to guess towards that occuring.

The Serb has had an amazing serving week, a shot he’s frequently tweaked over time, and within the first set he dropped simply 1 level behind it.

Korda, who has struggled in current months on account of a number of accidents, has a really clean recreation. He discovered his rhythm within the second set, racing to a 3-0 lead and later serving for the set at 5-3.

Nonetheless, Djokovic turned the set round, participating in longer rallies in his typical lockdown mode, and forcing errors from the 24-year-old American.

Korda got here inside two factors of the set 6-5 on return however didn’t get a take a look at a break level. The tiebreak was a coin toss, however Djokovic’s serve once more bailed him out; a serve winner at 5/4 and an ace at 6/4 sealed his victory in 1 hour and 22 minutes.

I believed Korda performed decently, and he can play Djokovic properly as we noticed in Adelaide a few years again, however Novak seems like he’s on a mission this week and has bought some confidence again in his groundstrokes.

Subsequent up: 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov, Djokovic leads 12-1 of their H2H and advantages from Grigor wanting like he was working on fumes in his quarter-final match.

Nearly as good as one can really feel about his serve. Unbelievable serving the entire match, I’ve been serving very well. Particularly right this moment and I wanted it as a result of Sebastian within the second set was simply making me run and he was taking part in very well from the again of the courtroom, perhaps not making as many errors like within the first set. It took some serves to get out of hassle. I used to be 0-3, 0/30 down, had some good serves and put myself ready to [break back], which I did. Tie-break might have been anyone’s recreation, however serve bought me out of hassle once more. 5/4, serve winner. 6/4, ace to complete the match. I’ll take that as a spotlight from the match right this moment. Djokovic on his win over Korda.

Match Stats

Sebastian Korda
Novak Djokovic

Winners
19
19

Unforced Errors
20
18

Aces
7
12

Double Faults
0
0

1st Serve %
66% (37/56)
85% (50/59)

1st Serve Factors Received
70% (26/37)
84% (42/50)

2nd Serve Factors Received
68% (13/19)
60% (6/10)

Break Factors Saved
0% (0/2)
0% (0/1)

Service Video games
80% (8/10)
91% (10/11)

1st Return Factors Received
16% (8/50)
30% (11/37)

2nd Return Factors Received
40% (4/10)
32% (6/19)

Break Factors Received
100% (1/1)
100% (2/2)

Return Video games
9% (1/11)
20% (2/10)

Service Factors
70% (39/56)
80% (47/59)

Return Factors
20% (12/59)
30% (17/56)

Web Factors
80% (4/5)
80% (4/5)

Whole Factors
44% (51/115)
56% (64/115)

Match Factors Saved
0
0

Max Factors In A Row
8
12

Return Video games
9% (1/11)
20% (2/10)

Whole Video games
43% (9/21)
57% (12/21)

Max Video games In A Row
3
3

Highlights

Fritz Fights Previous Berrettini

Taylor Fritz battled to a 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-5 victory over Matteo Berrettini in a two-hour, 44-minute quarter-final to achieve his first Miami semi-final.

Fritz missed a raft of alternatives within the second set after seeing 6 match factors move him by, however he remained composed and bought the job executed.

Fritz seemed poised for a straight-sets win, main 6/3 within the second-set tiebreak. However Berrettini, who skilled lacking a number of match factors of his personal in his win over Alex de Minaur, refused to fold.

On one match level, Fritz missed a backhand return by mere centimeters; on one other, Berrettini leaned in and crushed a return off a 110 mph serve.

The decider was a take a look at of nerve. Neither participant dropped serve till 5-5, however on his third break level of the set, Fritz pounced on a second serve to seize a key break earlier than holding from 15-30 to e book his spot in tomorrow’s semi-final.

It was powerful. I stored attempting to inform myself that he performed properly and it’s not as a lot on me, so attempt to not get annoyed. I believe my finest seems there I had three match factors seeing a second serve from him. I believe I actually should win a kind of. I can’t be too annoyed with the 6/5 level, I truthfully hit a extremely, actually good serve and he full-commit leaned there. If I’d’ve gone 110 mph huge, I most likely would’ve aced him. He dedicated exhausting for the return and he crushed it. I bought to offer it to him, he raised his stage rather a lot. There’s two choices. Get annoyed, lose, after which be much more annoyed about all the possibilities I blew, or regroup and get the win. Now I can sleep tonight and never be so mad on the probabilities I blew. I really feel like that’s how I’ve at all times returned his serve. I really feel like he’s bought such a giant serve in any case, it’s fairly powerful to take a full swing and hit it, even if you stand again. That additionally offers him time to run round and discover the forehand. I’ve at all times preferred to face in, look to chip these forehands and hopefully it will get on him rapidly, particularly once I come up with a backhand, I really feel like I can actually crush it. Fritz on his win.

Match Stats

Taylor Fritz
Matteo Berrettini

Winners
38
41

Unforced Errors
25
35

Aces
16
17

Double Faults
3
0

1st Serve %
76% (78/102)
78% (96/123)

1st Serve Factors Received
79% (62/78)
75% (72/96)

2nd Serve Factors Received
63% (15/24)
37% (10/27)

Break Factors Saved
80% (4/5)
73% (8/11)

Service Video games
94% (17/18)
83% (15/18)

1st Return Factors Received
25% (24/96)
21% (16/78)

2nd Return Factors Received
63% (17/27)
38% (9/24)

Break Factors Received
27% (3/11)
20% (1/5)

Return Video games
17% (3/18)
6% (1/18)

Service Factors
75% (77/102)
67% (82/123)

Return Factors
33% (41/123)
25% (25/102)

Web Factors
69% (9/13)
64% (7/11)

Whole Factors
52% (118/225)
48% (107/225)

Match Factors Saved
0
6

Max Factors In A Row
6
7

Whole Video games
56% (20/36)
44% (16/36)

Max Video games In A Row
3
3

Highlights

Mensik Makes First Masters Semi-Remaining

Regardless of being the highest-ranked teenager on tour, Jakub Mensik has been flying beneath the radar with gamers like Fonseca receiving all of the plaudits.

Whereas the latter might be en path to Europe for the clay swing, the 19-year-old Czech is into the Miami semi-finals after defeating Arthur Fils 7-6(5), 6-1 in a 75-minute beatdown.

Fils might rely himself considerably fortunate to be within the final eight after Tiafoe someway misplaced the third set regardless of Fils barely shifting, after which Zverev’s powder puff forehand got here to the fore of their fourth spherical conflict.

Nonetheless, these three setters appeared to have drained him, and he was unable to summon the heavy top-spin shot-making he’s able to.

In contrast, Mensik was razor-sharp, putting 26 winners, together with 13 aces, to dominate the Frenchman. The primary set examined Mensik’s nerves. He let a 4-1 lead slip and confronted 15/40 at 5-5 on his serve, however the Czech steadied himself, profitable six of the ultimate eight factors within the tiebreak to grab management.

From there, he was unstoppable, racing by the second set with a barrage of winners and unreturnable serves, as Fils wilted.

It feels unbelievable. I believe the most important outcome to date in my profession, so I’m glad I simply stored going for the reason that first spherical. That’s the important thing, to maintain the main target in the course of the two weeks, as a result of it’s at all times powerful… The job is just not executed. Earlier than each season I set my targets that I need to attain in the course of the season. I’ve an unbelievable workforce. All of them are doing an amazing job, which is the important thing at all times. After nice weeks, after worse weeks, we nonetheless are working so exhausting, and it’s paying off. Mensik on his win.