Good news for American crowds on Day Eight of the Miami Open.
Sloane Stephens (13) continued her rampaging run through the tournament, this time tearing apart Angie Kerber (10) in one of two WTA quarter finals played.
Stephens faced just a single break point for the match, which she promptly saved. However, she created ten chances on the German serve, and converted four, two in each set, to assist the ride home 6-1 6-2.
The humiliation took a fraction over an an hour with Kerber only able to win about half the points on her fragile first serve.
Stephens earned the right to play wildcard Vika Azarenka in a semi final, and whoever predicted this prior to the tournament is a Nostradamus descendant.
Azarenka is back in a big way, having disposed of Keys (14), Sevastova (20) and Radwanska (30).
Now she has shown Karolina Pliskova (5) the exit door in the other quarter final on Day Eight.
Admittedly the Czech star cut short the match, leaving Vika, the dual Grand Slam champ, with the spoils 6-2 2-1 (retired), but it doesn’t change the fact that Halep, Wozniacki et al have a tennis mum with which to deal and she is playing with a pretty dangerous deck of cards.
The American fans were rapt with the Stephens win and were jumping even higher for joy as John Isner (14) outgunned fellow big server and number two seed Marin Cilic 7-6(0) 6-3 in a round of sixteen upset.
Isner now faces Hyeon Chung (19) with the winner taking a semi final spot.
The highest seeds left in the men’s draw are Sascha Zverev (4) and Indian Wells winner Juan Martin del Potro (5).
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