The American Sebastian Korda has beaten Argentine Diego Schwartzman in the round of 16 of the Miami Masters 1000 tennis tournament, seed number 5, in three sets by 6-3, 4-6 and 7-5.
Korda, 20 years old and 87th in the world in the ATP rankings, has overtaken Schwartzman, current number 5 and 28 years old, in what has meant one of the most important victories of his tennis career.
With eight direct aces by Korda, by 1 by the Argentine, and with 108 points won by 96, with 5 double faults each, the match was very close until the final part of it in which he opted in favor of the American player for the minimum advantage in the 7 to 5.
Sebastian Korda will face Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals, fourth seed for the title, who beat Croatian Marin Cilic by a double 6-4.