Second day of first rounds in WTA 1000 in Miami: match certainly less high-sounding than yesterday, when Halep, Badosa and Venus Williams were on the pitch, among others. However, there was no shortage of interesting and noteworthy results.
One of the most interesting meetings that the program included was the one between Donna Vekic e Karolina Pliskova: the Croatian won with a score of 6-4 2-6 6-2 in just under two hours of play, thus redeeming last week’s premature defeat against Wozniacki. Now there will be an interesting second round with Alexandrova. She was unable to give continuity to the results of Indian Wells Angelique Kerber, defeated 6-2 6-3 by Sloane Stephens who appeared in form: the former US Open champion aims to achieve a great result in these American tournaments.
The exit of the young Ashlyn Krueger who succumbed to the hands of Nadia Podoroska with a clear 6-4 6-2. The German veteran Tatjana Maria is also increasingly in difficulty, having been eliminated by the Colombian qualifier Emiliana Announcement with a clear 6-2 6-3. A bit of effort, but still a victorious debut in the derby for Danielle Collins who overcame Bernarda Pera with a score of 3-6 6-1 6-1. Czech Marie Bouzkova was stopped abruptly by China’s Zhu Lin.
The two Russians confirmed their great potential and talent Elina Avanesyan and Maria Timofeeva, winners respectively over Erika Andreeva and Varvara Gracheva. Petra Martic’s defeat against Claire Liu 6-4 6-1 was also clear, just as the successes of Arantxa Rus over Sara Sorribes Tormo and Viktorya Tomova over Tamara Korpatsch were clear. Shelby Rogers’ fight victory over the young Czech talent Linda Fruhvirtova was beautiful. Sofia Kenin didn’t make it, defeated in three sets by her compatriot Katie Volynets, coming from the qualifiers.
WTA MIAMI 2024 – RESULTS MARCH 20
Viktoriya Tomova b. Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-2, 6-4 Arantxa Rus b. Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-0, 6-3 Shelby Rogers b. Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Danielle Collins b. Bernarda Pera (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 Claire Liu (Q) b. Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1 Emiliana Arango (Q) b. Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3 Sloane Stephens b. Angelique Kerber: 6-2, 6-3 Elina Avanesyan b. Erika Andreeva (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 Lin Zhu b. Marie Bouzkova: 6-2, 6-4 Maria Timofeeva (Q) b. Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-3 Donna Vekic b. Karolina Pliskova 6-4 2-6 6-2 Nadia Podoroska (Q) b. Ashlyn Krueger 6-4 6-2 Lin Zhu b. Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-4 Elina Avanesyan b. Erika Andreeva 6-0 3-6 6-1 Katie Volynets (Q) b. Sofia Kenin 6-2 4-6 6-3
2024-03-21 00:54:14
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