World number one Ashley Barty accelerated to a straight-sets win over Jelena Ostapenko at the Miami Open on Saturday, where men’s second seed Stephanos Tsitipas defeated previous lucky loser Damir Dzumur. Defending champion Barty defeated the former French Open champion 6-3, 6-2 of Latvia in a fourth round match with former world number one Victoria Azarenka. Titsipas of Greece – ranked fifth in the world, but lagged behind second-ranked Dayanil Medvedev in the world. The Masters 1000 event is missing Novak Djokovic, world number three Rafael Nadal and number 4 Dominar Thiem as well as Roger Federer. Andy Murray – Bosnian was lucky to lose 6–1, 6–4 to lucky loser Damir Dzumur.
Coming as runner-up in Ekapulco last week, WhatsApp hit 10 of its 18 winners with his forehand and made only nine unexpected mistakes, as he continued to put pressure on his opponent.
“Not much I can tell you. It was a great match,” Tsitsipas said. “I made the match very strong, broke it twice and got a big lead in the score. And I think things worked out after that,” he said.
“I created a lot of opportunities with my serve, finding the right angles and executing it perfectly. Even with my second serve I felt like I had done a lot of damage, to press it first and get my shots. With no chance to apply pressure. “
The three-time Grand Slam semifinalist next faces Japanese 28th seed Kei Nishikori, who beat Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 6-4.
The rain was the only thing that defeated the men’s fourth seed André Rublev 6–1, 6–2 to win over the American Tennys Gretchen.
Rublev, 6–1, 5–2, was unable to convert three match points before the players had to leave the court for two rain delays, but no time to close the match when they resumed the game. Not wasted
Rublev, who took his tour-leading number 17 to a 2021 match win, did not face a break point, dominating the entire performance as he took a 4–1 lead in the opening set with a love game Was 59 seconds.
Canadian Dennis Shapovalov also had to wait to end a tough struggle with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4 win over Ilya Ivashka.
Shapovalov survived 11 double faults but managed to win in three hours and 18 minutes.
Switch-on barty
On the Grandstand Court at Hard Rock Stadium for the first time Barty was done long before it rained and was dusted.
“Today I felt like I was very sharp and switch-on and ready to go from the first point,” said Barty of Australia for a three-set second-round win over Christina Kucheva. .
Azarenka of Belarus defeated Germany’s 24th seed Angelique Kerber 7-5 6-2 in a battle of former world number two.
Azarenka, who was playing her first match after the first-round by-election and walkover, took some time to warm up.
But after trailing 4–1, he returned the first set with a break in the seventh game and dominated from there, registering his ninth win in 10 meetings with Kerber.
While Barty raced in the round of 16, the women’s draw lost world number three woman Romania’s Simona Halep, who returned from her scheduled match to Latvia Anastasija Sevastova with a right shoulder injury.
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“I am sorry that I was out of singles and doubles at the Miami Open, but my injury did not let me play here,” Hallep said in a statement.
Sevastova received a walkover in the fourth round, where she will face 338th seed Ana Konjuh of Croatia, who won the 15th seed Polish teen Inga Swotka, French Open champion, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Of.
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