Mar 24, 2025 12:18 AM IST
TENNIS-MIAMI:Tennis-Swiatek and Dimitrov transfer into Miami Open final 16
– Former champion Iga Swiatek earned a 7-6 6-1 win over Elise Mertens on Sunday that put the Polish second seed into the final 16 on the Miami Open whereas 2024 finalist Grigor Dimitrov beat Karen Khachanov to succeed in the fourth spherical.
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With the win over Belgian twenty seventh seed Mertens, Swiatek turned the primary participant to succeed in the final 16 of a WTA 1000 occasion in 25 consecutive appearances.
Swiatek constructed a seemingly comfy 5-2 lead within the first set however Mertens managed to claw again to 5-5 earlier than the Pole ran away with the tiebreaker and breezed by the second body.
Up subsequent for Swiatek might be a conflict with Ukrainian twenty second seed Elina Svitolina, a 6-2 3-6 6-2 winner over Czech fifteenth seed Karolina Muchova.
Svitolina, who arrived in Miami recent off a quarter-final run at Indian Wells the place she misplaced to eventual champion Mirra Andreeva, is now into the final 16 in Miami for the fifth time in her profession.
In different early motion, Australian Open champion Madison Keys, the American fifth seed, is dealing with Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala on Grandstand with the winner on account of face Spanish tenth seed Paula Badosa, a 6-3 7-6 winner over Dane Clara Tauson.
On the boys’s facet, Bulgarian 14th seed Dimitrov, who misplaced to Italy’s Jannik Sinner in final yr’s closing, got here again from one set right down to safe a 6-7 6-4 7-5 victory over Russian Khachanov and arrange a conflict towards both Belgian David Goffin or American Brandon Nakashima.
Six-times champion Novak Djokovic will cap the day session on Stadium Courtroom when the Serbian fourth seed faces Argentine fortunate loser Camilo Ugo Carabelli in a 3rd spherical match.
A win for Djokovic would give him 411 ATP Masters 1000 match wins, which might transfer him forward of Rafa Nadal and into high spot on the all-time listing.
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