Thursday, 29 March 2018

Sloane slays Garbine

Day Seven In Miami, and another big name in the women’s draw fell by the wayside, joined by a trio of American hopes in the men’s tournament.

Garbine Muguruza (3) has been the highest ranked left in the women’s draw but no longer.

In a fourth round match between two of the current Grand Slam title holders, it was 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens (13) who prevailed over the current Wimbledon champion 6-3 6-4.

After winning at Flushing Meadows, Sloane lost her last six matches (including Fed Cup) for 2017, and didn’t win a match this year until the end of February in Acapulco.

With her decisive victory over Muguruza, Stephens now has won 7 of her last 9 matches to prove once again that she does belong in the top bracket.


Other round of sixteen matches decided in the women’s draw:

Wildcard Vika Azarenka defeated Agnieszka Radwanska (30) 6-2 6-2

She will play Karolina Pliskova in the quarter finals

Karolina Pliskova (5) defeated Zarina Diyas 6-2 2-1 (retired)

Angie Kerber (10) defeated qualifier Yafan Wang 6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-3

She will play Sloane Stephens in the quarter finals 

Jelena Ostapenko (6) defeated Petra Kvitová (9) 7-6(4) 6-3

She will play Elina Svitolina in the quarter finals 

Elina Svitolina (4) defeated Ash Barty (21) 7-5 6-4

Venus Williams (8) defeated Johanna Konta (11) 5-7 6-1 6-2

She will play Danielle Collins in the quarter finals 

Qualifier Danielle Collins defeated Monica Puig 3-6 6-4 6-2


While 3 American women feature in the final eight, we saw the departure of the following US men:

Jack Sock (8) - dismissed by Borna Coric (29) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

Sam Querrey (11) - defeated by Denis Shapovalov 6-4 3-6 7-5

Steve Johnson - defeated (not as surprisingly, but still disappointing for local crowds) by Pablo Carreno Busta (16) 6-4 6-4

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