MIAMI, Florida: Five-time champion Novak Djokovic defeated a first-set spill to beat unseeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-4 6-1 in the third round at the Miami Open here on Sunday and second seed Angelique Kerber progressed to the fourth round when Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens was compelled to resign in the third set.
The world number one fell on his left side while hitting a forehand on the gauge and his shot went into the net to permit Sousa to pull even at 4-4.
In any case, Djokovic was not harmed and he cleaned himself off and won eight out of the following nine recreations in a 77-minute match.
The Serb is competing to coordinate Andre Agassi's competition record of six wins in Key Biscayne.
"That first set came down to a couple focuses," said Djokovic in the wake of enhancing to 24-1 in 2016.
"After that, it was a significant decent execution. In the second set, I felt a great deal more agreeable. I was serving exceptionally well the whole day and I'm happy that I figured out how to complete the match the way I did," he included.
Djokovic landed 86 percent of first serves in the second set and dropped just three focuses on serve.
He will meet Dominic Thiem in the following round after the Austrian vanquished Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-2.
Argentine fortunate washout Horacio Zeballos, who got another opportunity when Roger Federer pulled back in view of a stomach infection, kept on benefitting as much as possible from his favorable luck. He bounced back to beat Spain's Fernando Verdasco 1 6-4 7-6(4).
In the ladies' match, Bertens commanded world number three Kerber in the opening set, however the 24-year-old got to be unwell ahead of schedule in the second set and was compelled to take a medicinal timeout.
She in the long run resigned with an ailment in the last set to hand Kerber a 1 6-2 3-0 win on another hot day in south Florida.
"I believe Kiki's an awesome player," Australian Open champion Kerber said in her on-court meeting.
"She played extremely well in the main set and I was not discovering my mood toward the starting. For me, it's not all that simple.
Be that as it may, I'm attempting to concentrate on my amusement, doing my stuff and not looking a lot over the net," she included.
Up next for the German is unseeded Hungarian Timea Babos, who cutting-edge with a 7-5 6-0 win over Japanese trump card Naomi Osaka.
Other third-round champs included American Madison Keys, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, and Briton Johanna Konta. Keys, the 22nd seed, upset ninth seeded 2015 US Open finalist Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4 6-4.
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