Elena Rybakina reached the Quarter-finals of the Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belgium’s Elise Mertens (AP Photo)
Elena Rybakina reached the Quarter-finals of the Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belgium’s Elise Mertens, whereas Jessica Pegula defeated Magda Linette
Elena Rybakina prolonged her successful streak to 11 matches as she booked her place within the Miami Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belgium’s Elise Mertens on Monday.
Rybakina is trying to full the “Sunshine Double” after her triumph in Indian Wells but she was far from euphoric after her victory.
“Physically I’m not the freshest, but I’m happy that I’m managing and finding my way. To be in a quarter-final is great and hopefully I’m going to play better,” she stated.
The Kazakh allowed Mertens to interrupt within the sixth sport of the primary set however then two double faults from the Belgian allowed Rybakina to swiftly break again after which she struck once more to take the opening set.
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The Wimbledon champion broke early within the second set and by no means seemed again and she is going to now face Italian Martina Trevisan within the quarters.
Trevisan beat former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-3.
“It’s a tough one, she’s lefty so I would like to regulate and it’s going to be a troublesome match since we by no means performed one another. I’ll attempt to recuperate and be extra contemporary bodily,” Rybakina said.
All 16 survivors in the tournament were in action on “Manic Monday” at Hard Rock Stadium the place the quarter-final line-up might be set.
American Jessica Pegula seemed snug and in charge of her sport as she beat Poland’s Magda Linette 6-1, 7-5.
World quantity three Pegula acquired off to a flying begin – she struck seven winners within the opening 9 minutes and received the primary three video games. With solely 19 minutes on the clock, she was 5-0 up.
The second set was a unique story although with Linette grabbing a 5-2 lead. However, she twice let the set level slip on her serve and Pegula went on to win the ultimate 5 video games to safe victory.
Pegula had lamented her gradual begins at Indian Wells however stated her rapid-fire opening to matches in Miami had not been a part of any technique.
“It wasn’t one thing I used to be actually occupied with. I feel it simply has been taking place that means, which is good,” she said.
“It was kind of a weird match. I had strings of games where I was playing really well, then (went) a little bit off. For the most part I was able string together good games, so that’s always a good sign,” she stated.
The American will face Anastasia Potapova after the Russian beat China’s Zheng Qinwen 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to proceed her spectacular run.
Romanian Sorana Cirstea adopted up her quarter-final at Indian Wells by securing one other last-eight look because of a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, win over Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
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