It took Coco Gauff some time to get up, however when she did it was lights out for Oceane Dodin because the American third seed stormed again from 4-2 all the way down to earn a 6-4 6-0 win and a spot within the fourth spherical on the Miami Open.
Unlike early starter Gauff, world No.1 Iga Swiatek was working the night time shift at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday – however she additionally had hassle getting in gear earlier than taming Czech twenty sixth seed Linda Noskova 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 6-4 to maintain her bid on monitor for a second ‘sunshine double’ – back-to-back wins at Indian Wells and the Miami Open.
While Swiatek was not at her greatest, the hassle was sufficient to enhance her season report to 22-2 and arrange a gathering with 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova within the spherical of 16.
“Sometimes we have matches like that and we need to figure out how to close them,” Swiatek mentioned.
“There were many ups and downs. I’m happy that after the first set I had a better idea on what to do, and I tried to do that in important moments.”
Gauff sleepwalked via a lot of her opening set within the first match of the day, however when the alarm went off the US Open champion swept 10 straight video games to stun French fortunate loser Dodin.
With Gauff pouring on the strain, Dodin started to crumble, piling up 9 double faults and 26 unforced errors.
“She’s a big hitter. She likes the game on her terms,” Gauff mentioned.
“I was trying my best to get deep in the court and just weather the storm.
“I’m making an attempt to enhance with every match. Definitely enjoying a bit bit higher than I used to be final week in Indian Wells.”
With the win, Gauff matched her best Miami result and will face Caroline Garcia – who outlasted Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 – for a place in the quarter-finals.
Helped by 16 aces, Garcia has now won two matches at a tournament for the first time since the China Open last October
After a disappointing day for the American men on Saturday when three of the top four seeds exited, the US women picked up the flag with fifth seed Jessica Pegula and 20th seed Emma Navarro also advancing.
Pegula, who has reached the Miami Open semi-finals for the last two years, took a step towards another last-four appearance with a 7-5 6-4 win over Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
Navarro, coming off a quarter-final run final week at Indian Wells the place she beat Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka and world No.17 Elina Svitolina, continued her very good kind in Miami with a 6-2 3-6 6-0 third spherical win over Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
