World number one Ashleigh Barty stepped into the women’s final at the Miami Open on Thursday, which rolled into the women’s final as men’s second seed Stephanos Tsitipas was topped by Herbert Hercz. Barty of Australia went on to win 6-3, 6-3, in a tournament title match over fifth-seeded Ukrainian Alina Svitolina, when she last won in 2019. But Greece’s Tatsipus was abandoned in an attempt to explain it. After a “self-explosion” he trailed Poland’s 26th-seeded Harkacz to a commanding lead in the 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 quarter-finals – the latest in a string of upsets, which the men Top seed Daniil Mednyevs and No. 3 Alexander Zverev bowled alongside women’s No. 2 Naomi Osaka.
Tsitsipas admitted that it was a crushing result in a tournament where superstars Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and their own lack of recent solid form gave them a chance to shine.
“I felt like this was my opportunity,” Tsytsippus said. “I think there was more room for me to show something. It’s a very disappointing loss.
“It was there, everything was under control. And suddenly, I don’t know, self-mutilation.”
Tsitipas was ruled out of the tournament after the 22-year-old Greek took a long time to change his shirt and headband after a second-round violation.
The world number five was also allegedly involved in tense exchanges with officials, after players refused to share a golf cart with officials before the match were used to ferry players to the court.
There was no indication that the incident quickly upset Tsitsipas, however, he unilaterally won 6–2 in the first set.
Tsitsipas then took Huracze to a 2–0 lead early in the second.
But when it was revealed that the match was heading towards a spectacular result, Hercaj finally found his limits.
After running out of two break points at 15–40 in the third game, Hercaj made a catch and then tied the set at 2–2 – a lost opportunity that demolished Tsitsip.
Another break of serve in the eighth game put Hercaj back 5–3 and he made no mistake in his next service game, setting the set up with an angled drop shot that left the sitipsus on the net.
Little by little Barty
The momentum was with Hercaj in the third and he seized control with a break in the fifth game, which would ultimately prove decisive as Poole closed out the win.
Tsitsipa’s exit left Russian fourth-seeded André Rublev, who later played Sebastian Korda, on Thursday, a spot in the semi-finals, saving the prestigious ATP Masters and the men’s highest seed in the WTA tournament.
In the women’s side, Barty has gone from strength to strength after saving match points in her opening win over Slovakia qualifier Kristina Kukova.
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“Every single match I felt like I did something better, and you can ask everyone,” said Barty, who opted not to travel outside Australia last year and from the tournament in Doha and Dubai amid the coronavirus epidemic Were removed. March with a leg injury.
She received treatment for a stomach issue between sets on Thursday, but vowed that she “as the perfect rain” on Saturday against either eighth-seeded Canadian Bianca Andreescu or 23rd-seed Maria Sakkari of Greece. For the quarter-finals, which shocked Osaka.
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