Del Potro, Raonic advance, Cilic ousted by Isner at Miami

Juan Martin Del Potro PicAFPJuan Martin del Potro sent his devoted fans home happy Tuesday by powering into the ATP Miami Open quarterfinals with a 64 62 triumph over Serbian Filip Krajinovic Roared on by a partisan crowd the 29yearold Argentinian recovered from 14 down in the first set to reel off nine games in a row on his way to a lasteight match with Canadas Milos Raonic on Wednesday Del Potros welcome return to form and fitness saw him win the Indian Wells title and continue to impress at the last tournament in Key Biscayne before a move north to the NFL Miami Dolphins home stadium next year Playing here they make it special for the South American players and I am trying to enjoy the last time playing in Key Biscayne Del Potro saidI know many Argentine fans live here and are so close I will miss them Windy conditions hampered players all day and the former US Open champion took time to find his groove in his first meeting with 27thranked Krajinovic The weather was so bad to play tennis We couldnt feel the ball 100 percent We couldnt hit from the baseline Del Potro admitted Im confident I will feel better tomorrow The better weather will make me feel better on court Raonic who easily saw off Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 63 64 lost to del Potro in the Indian Wells semifinals and will be eagerly seeking revenge It will be a different match to the one we played in Indian Wells different conditions Del Potro said Milos is improving and playing very solid He has the potential to win the tournament It will be a good match to test my fitness and see what level Im at I dont feel pressure I am just going down my own road and seeing how far I can get I am not thinking about ranking or anything Just the last time here in Key BiscayneIsner ousts CilicDel Potro is the top seed remaining after second seed Marin Cilic was beaten 76 70 63 by American John Isner The Croatians run was halted by bigserving Isner in just 87 minutes to set up a lasteight meeting with South Korean 19th seed Chung Hyeon It was a fine performance by Isner the 14th seed who rattled down 12 aces and was boosted by winning 85 percent of points on his first serve All three of Isners wins over the 2014 US Open champion have now come in ATP Masters events and once a first set tiebreak was negotiated in windswept conditions the 32 yearold confidently held his nerve to send Cilic home Isner has never won an ATP Masters event but this display has fueled hopes this could be his time I think in these events the format is very good for me twooutofthree sets Isner said In a situation like that if Im feeling fit and healthy which I am and serving like I did today I can beat a lot of people playing like thatIn the late match impressive Alexander Zverev the fourth seed powered past an outofsorts Nick Kyrgios 64 64 to set up a meeting with Croatian Borna Coric in the last eight Australian firebrand Kyrgios has been struggling with an elbow injury and Zverevs power and precision was simply too hot to handle as the German reached the quarterfinals for the second year in succession It was a disappointing end for Kyrgios who brought the crowd to their feet with his energetic wild strokeplay yet couldnt maintain his level consistently enough to deal with Zverevs allround game We have had great matches in the past and I am excited what the future holds for us Zverev said I returned very well thats big factor against Nick Borna is a very good player it certainly wont be easy Coric who reached his first ATP Masters semifinal in Indian Wells earlier this month has never got this far in Miami but showed his qualities once again with a battling 76 72 46 64 triumph South Africas Kevin Anderson saw off American youngster Frances Tiafoe 76 73 64 and will play Spains Pablo CarrenoBusta who dispatched fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco 60 63Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever