The Polish Iga Swiatek managed to overcome a big scare at the WTA 1,000 in Miami after coming back against the combative Czech Linda Noskova to win 6-7 (6), 6-4 and 6-4 after two and a half hours of play .
A match in which Swiatek was not as firm as usual on serve and where the world number one did assert her aggressiveness against the rest to break Noskova’s service up to five times to seal her ticket to the round of 16, where Swiatek She will face Ekaterina Alexandrova, who won the Russian duel against her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3.
Gauff and Pegula advance and a brave Osaka says goodbye
Jessica Pegula also went to the round of 16, defeating the Canadian Leylah Fernández 7-5 and 6-4, in a match in which the American was more successful in serving and also in the rest, breaking serve up to five times. of Fernandez. Pegula will face fellow American Emma Navarro in the round of 16, who defeated the Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 3-6 and 6-0.
Coco Gauff, the third favorite for the title, had less trouble, as she defeated the French Oceane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 and will face Caroline García in the round of 16, who put an end to the adventure of a brave Naomi Osaka after win 7-6 (4) and 7-5.
The big surprise of the day was the victory of the Romanian Sorana Cirstea against the Russian Daria Kasatkina by 7-5 and 6-2. Cirstea will now look for a place in the quarterfinals against the American Danielle Collins, who defeated the Russian Elina Avanesyan 6-1 and 6-2 in just over an hour.
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2024-03-25 09:12:33
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