MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Carlos Alcaraz was eliminated in the third round of the Miami Open on Sunday, losing to Sebastian Korda in three sets.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Alcaraz, who completed the career Grand Slam when he won the Australian Open<\/a> in January, dropped to 17-2 this season. The No. 1 player in the men\u2019s rankings also lost to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals at Indian Wells<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n Korda served for the match at 5-4 in the second, but Alcaraz rallied by winning five consecutive games. The 25-year-old Korda then regrouped and closed out a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 victory in two hours, 19 minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a tough match, obviously,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cI think (Korda) was incredible today. Played such a great game. A lot of tied moments that I just didn\u2019t make the most of it, and I think he was better on (those) points and (those) moments.\u201d<\/p>\n At No. 36, Korda became the lowest-ranked man to beat Alcaraz since No. 55 David Goffin accomplished the feat in the second round in Miami last year, according to the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of tense moments, for sure,\u201d Korda said. \u201cBut you know I think today, the ultimate thing was belief. Going back to just believing, committing into every shot, and luckily I got it done at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n Next up for Korda is qualifier Martin Landaluce, who advanced with a 6-3, 7-6 (2) win against 14th-seeded Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul joined Korda in the fourth round. The sixth-seeded Fritz beat Reilly Opelka 6-3, 6-4, and No. 22 seed Paul eliminated Raphael Collignon with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5) victory.<\/p>\n No. 21 Jiri Lehecka, No. 24 Valentin Vacherot and No. 29 Tomas Martin Etcheverry also were among the winners.<\/p>\n On the women\u2019s side, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win against Catherine McNally. No. 3 Elena Rybakina beat No. 27 Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-4, and No. 5 Jessica Pegula posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 26 Leylah Fernandez.<\/p>\n No. 7 Jasmine Paolini, No. 9 Elina Svitolina, No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova, No. 15 Madison Keys and No. 18 Iva Jovic were eliminated. Paolini lost to No. 25 Jelena Ostapenko in three sets, and Svitolina was knocked out by Hailey Baptiste in straight sets.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n