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Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek have sealed Miami Open round-of-16 tickets, whereas Naomi Osaka exited the event and once more did not arrange a highly-anticipated match towards the 2023 US Open champion.
Gauff, seeded at No. 3, overcame an early scare to beat 84th-ranked qualifier Oceane Dodin 6-4 6-0.
Early of their first assembly, 27-year-old Dodin claimed an early break and had a 4-2 lead and two break factors to go up by a double break. However Gauff managed to keep away from happening by an early break and that was the start of the tip for Dodin because the American tennis star did not drop a single recreation within the the rest of the match.
After successful the final 10 video games of the match towards Dodin, Gauff booked a round-of-16 ticket and awaited the winner of the match between Osaka and Caroline Garcia.
Osaka loses to Garcia, fails to arrange a Gauff match in Miami
Osaka and Garcia, who had been thought of the spotlight matchup of Miami’s third-round motion, actually did not disappoint as they delivered some fireworks and high-level tennis. Sadly for Osaka, it was Garcia who progressed into the following stage and arrange a Gauff assembly after claiming a 7-6 (4) 7-5 win.
With Garcia 5-4 up and Osaka serving to remain within the first set, the Frenchwoman had a set level however the Japanese former world No. 1 saved it to degree the opener to 5 video games apiece. Within the subsequent recreation, Osaka did not convert a break level however she additionally saved two extra set factors within the twelfth recreation to drive a tie-break.
After not a single break was seen within the first set, Garcia received off to a really sturdy begin to the tie-break, opening a 6-2 lead earlier than lastly changing her sixth set level to win a decent opener.
Down by a set, Osaka claimed the primary break of the match within the sixth recreation of the second set for a 4-2 lead. However simply when it appeared that the momentum was shifting Osaka’s method, the four-time Grand Slam champion suffered breaks within the seventh and eleventh video games and ended up shedding in tight two units to Garcia.
In Indian Wells, Osaka additionally made the third spherical earlier than shedding to Elise Mertens – had the Japanese gained that match, she would have confronted Gauff within the round-of-16 within the desert.
How Swiatek got here again to beat Noskova?
After shedding to Noskova on the Australian Open, Swiatek discovered herself a set away from shedding to the Czech once more earlier than finishing a 6-7 (7) 6-4 6-4 comeback win.
Within the first set, Swiatek was twice up by a break – together with having a 5-2 lead – however then stunningly failed to shut out the primary set, which finally went right into a tie-break. Within the first-set tie-break, Swiatek missed out on a set level earlier than Noskova transformed her second set level to finish the steal of the opener.
After shedding the primary set in a really irritating method, Swiatek bounced again at first of the second set, claiming breaks within the first and fifth video games en path to opening a 5-1 lead. However Noskova as soon as once more refused to give up as she managed to get one break again within the eighth recreation and the Czech additionally had a break level within the tenth recreation to totally get again into the second set – however Swiatek saved it earlier than realizing her first set level to ship the match right into a decider.
Within the third set, Swiatek claimed the primary and the lone break of the set within the fifth recreation to finish her huge comeback win and arrange a match towards Ekaterina Alexandrova.