MIAMI – Roberto Bautista Agut didn’t take the easiest route to the Miami Open quarterfinals. The No. 7 seed from Spain fought off a match point before ousting former Miami champion and No.
18 seed John Isner of the U.S. 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday — his second three-set win in as many matches so far in the tournament.
Bautista Agut will face either top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia or unseeded Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. in the quarterfinals.
The Medvedev-Tiafoe match is later Tuesday. Bautista Agut lost the first point of the third-set tiebreaker on his serve, giving the big-hitting Isner the early edge.