Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu prevailed over in-form Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals on Mo...
Former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu prevailed over in-form Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals on Monday while reigning US and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka extended her win streak to 23 matches by defeating Belgian 16th seed Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-3.
Top-ranked defending champion Ashleigh Barty battled into the quarter-finals by outlasting former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 while Ukraine’s fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina rallied to defeat Czech ninth seed Petra Kvitova 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Second seed Osaka will next face Greek 23rd seed Maria Sakkari, who outlasted US 29th seed Jessica Pegula 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8/6) at the WTA and ATP Masters Series event.
“I started off really well and then for some reason I became a little sluggish. My speed didn’t really feel the same,” Osaka said. “I thought it was really mental from then on. In the end, it was who fought the hardest.”
Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka broke at love for a 2-0 lead and broke again for a 5-1 edge but Mertens broke Osaka at love in the seventh game and denied four set points for Osaka to hold in an eighth game that lasted almost 10 minutes.
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