Washington: Second-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan had a breakthrough in the Miami Open when she defeated 16th-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in her career. tournament.
Osaka now won a staggering 23 consecutive games when it overtook Mertens after just under an hour and a half of play.
“It feels really exciting,” Osaka said, Xinhua reported. ‘This is one of my favorite tournaments to play, and I’m sad of course that the last time I played this tournament I could not reach the second week. But I’m here now and hopefully it will go well this time. ”
Osaka improve their head-to-head against Mertens to 3-1, after winning their last three meetings in a row.
Osaka’s opponent in the quarterfinals is Maria Sakkari from Greece, who won an epic encounter in her fourth round match.
Sakkari saved six game points en route to a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (6) victory over United States Jessica Pegula, No. 29, to reach the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty defeated Belarus’ top seed Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 1-6, 6-2, while Ukraine’s fifth seed Elina Svitolina defeated Czech Republic Petra Kvitova 2-6, 7-5. , Passed 7-5. .
In men, second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, fourth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia and fifth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina advanced to the fourth round.
Source: Telangana Today