If Fabian Marozsan is the ‘giant killer’ in the men’s draw at the Miami Open, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova has become his namesake in the women’s draw of the tournament.
Alexandrova, 29 years old and who reached the quarterfinals after winning, and forcefully, the world number one Iga Swiatek (whom she frustrated her dream of achieving the Sunshine Double), is already in the semifinals of the WTA 1,000 in Miami after coming back against another of the big favorites, the American Jessica Pegula, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 after two hours of play.
A match in which Alexandrova had to row against the current after Pegula broke her serve in the seventh and ninth games of the first set to take the first set. However, in the second it was Alexandrova who broke Pegula’s serve twice and, although the American recovered one of the lost breaks, she did not prevent the match from going to a third set where Alexandrova broke Pegula’s serve again. Pegula in the ninth game to close the set and the match with her serve at 6-4.
In this way Alexandrova returns to the semifinals of a Masters 1,000 two years after reaching this round but on the clay of the Mutua Madrid Open and looking to continue giving more surprises in this Miami Open.
Collins can handle Garcia
A semi-finals in which Alexandrova will face the American Danielle Collins, who destroyed the French Caroline García (who had just defeated another of the big favorites, the American Coco Gauff) 6-3 and 6-2 in just one hour and 20 minutes of the game.
Collins, finalist of the 2022 Australian Open, won thanks to his great success with the serve (up to 90% of points won with first serve) and without granting break options to Garcia throughout the match. This completes the semifinals of the Miami Open women’s draw in which the Kazakh Elena Rybakina will be the only representative of the Top-10 of the WTA ranking.
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2024-03-28 07:02:19
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