Daria Saville continues her spectacular comeback by reaching the fourth spherical at Miami, whereas Alex de Minaur defeats Jordan Thompson in an all-Aussie encounter.

Miami, USA , 27 March 2022 | Vivienne Christie

Daria Saville has secured back-to-back remaining 16 showings in 1000-level tournaments after Katerina Siniakova retired from their  third-round match in Miami.

Saville led 6-0 1-0 when the Czech retired after 36 minutes on court docket. Progress to the fourth spherical, the place the Australian will face Lucia Bronzetti, ensures an extra push in the direction of the highest 100 after she dropped exterior the highest 600 in February.

Contesting her first particular person tournaments since Roland Garros in 2020, Saville has not too long ago recorded a quarterfinal run in Guadalajara, and defeated higher-ranked opponents together with Ons Jabeur and Elise Mertens to achieve the fourth spherical at Indian Wells.

On the comeback path from harm, the previous top-20 ranked Saville has equalled her greatest exhibiting on the prestigious event. In a fourth-round run at Miami in 2015, Saville upset No.2 seed Maria Sharapova.

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— Daria Saville (@Daria_gav) March 26, 2022

Alex de Minaur additionally progressed in an all-Aussie encounter on the Miami Open, claiming a 6-2 6-3 win over Jordan Thompson.

The 23-year-old De Minaur simply maintained momentum over Thompson, claiming service breaks within the third and seventh recreation of the primary set, and racing to a 4-0 lead within the second.

Whereas he dropped serve within the eighth recreation, De Minaur rapidly recovered to safe victory in 69 minutes.

It was a tougher day for Australia’s Alexei Popyrin, who exited to No.21 seed Marin Cilic within the second spherical.

Cilic, who was the US Open champion in 2014, required lower than an hour to file a 6-0 6-3 victory.

In doubles information, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios superior to the quarterfinals after the withdrawal of Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov, whereas fellow Australians Sam Stosur and John Friends each recorded first-round losses.

Aussies in motion – Miami

TODAY’S RESULTS

Ladies’s singles, third spherical
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS) d Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-0 1-0 ret.

Males’s singles, second spherical
[25] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 6-2 6-3
[21] Marin Cilic (CRO) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-0 6-3

Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[WC] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS), Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) d [3] Sam Stosur (AUS)/Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-4 6-4

Males’s doubles, first spherical
Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Fabio Fognini (ITA) d [4] John Friends (AUS)/Filip Polasek (SVK) 6-2 6-4

Males’s doubles, second spherical
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d Karen Khachanov (RUS)/Andrey Rublev (RUS) w/o

COMING UP
Males’s singles, third spherical
[WC] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v [31] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
[Q] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [Q] Denis Kudla (USA)
[25] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

Ladies’s singles, fourth spherical
[WC] Daria Saville (AUS) v [LL] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)

Males’s doubles, second spherical
Matthew Ebden (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) v Federico Delbonis (ARG)/Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)

Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v TBC

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