Daria Saville continues her spectacular comeback by reaching the fourth spherical at Miami, whereas Alex de Minaur defeats Jordan Thompson in an all-Aussie encounter.
Miami, USA , 27 March 2022 | Vivienne Christie
Daria Saville has secured back-to-back ultimate 16 showings in 1000-level tournaments after Katerina Siniakova retired from their third-round match in Miami.
Saville led 6-0 1-0 when the Czech retired after 36 minutes on courtroom. Progress to the fourth spherical, the place the Australian will face Lucia Bronzetti, ensures an extra push in the direction of the highest 100 after she dropped exterior the highest 600 in February.
Contesting her first particular person tournaments since Roland Garros in 2020, Saville has lately recorded a quarterfinal run in Guadalajara, and defeated higher-ranked opponents together with Ons Jabeur and Elise Mertens to succeed in the fourth spherical at Indian Wells.
On the comeback path from harm, the previous top-20 ranked Saville has equalled her finest displaying on the prestigious match. In a fourth-round run at Miami in 2015, Saville upset No.2 seed Maria Sharapova.
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— Daria Saville (@Daria_gav) March 26, 2022
Alex de Minaur additionally progressed in an all-Aussie encounter on the Miami Open, claiming a 6-2 6-3 win over Jordan Thompson.
The 23-year-old De Minaur simply maintained momentum over Thompson, claiming breaks within the third and seventh recreation of the primary set, and racing to a 4-0 lead within the second.
Whereas he dropped serve within the eighth recreation, De Minaur shortly recovered to safe victory in 69 minutes.
It was a tougher day for Australia’s doubles gamers, with Sam Stosur and John Friends each recording first-round losses.
Aussies in motion – Miami
TODAY’S RESULTS
Ladies’s singles, third spherical
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS) d Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-0 1-0 ret.
Males’s singles, second spherical
[25] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-2 6-3
Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS), Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) d [3] Sam Stosur (AUS)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Fabio Fognini (ITA) d [4] John Friends (AUS)/Filip Polasek (SVK) 6-2 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [21] Marin Cilic (CRO)
Males’s singles, third spherical
[WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v [31] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
[Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [Q] Denis Kudla (USA)
[25] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [3] Stefano Tsitsipas (GRE) / [Q] Jefferey John Wolf (USA)
Ladies’s singles, fourth spherical
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS) v [LL] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)
Males’s doubles, second spherical
Matthew Ebden (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) v Federico Delbonis (ARG)/Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v Karen Khachanov (RUS)/Andrey Rublev (RUS)
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