Saturday was a very successful day for Magda Linette, who played the prestigious WTA 1000 tennis tournament on hard courts in Miami (prize prize pool of $8.8 million). First, in the third round of singles, she knocked out Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, then also progressed to doubles.
Linette had little time to rest after beating the former world number one 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-4. However, she managed to regenerate and a few hours later, together with American Bernarda Pera, in the first round of the doubles, they won against Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian Luisa Stefani 6:4, 2:6, 10- 5. Their next rivals will be the German Laura Siegemund and the Russian Vera Zvonareva.
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Alicja Rosolska also competes in doubles with Romania’s Monica Niculescu. In the opener, they beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6:2, 7:6 (7-4), and on Sunday, in the 1/8 finals, they will face Australian Storm Hunter and Belgian Elise Mertens.
In the singles tournament, Magdalena Fręch still fights, who despite the failed qualifiers received a chance as a so-called. a lucky loss, as Chinese girl Shuai Zhang withdrew due to illness. The 25-year-old player from Lodz beat Russian Erika Andreyeva on Friday 4:6, 6:1, 6:1 and in the 1/16 final she will play with another competitor from this country, Varvara Graczewa, who unexpectedly eliminated the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, seeded in the “fourth”.
On Wednesday, world ranking leader Iga Świątek withdrew from the tournament due to health issues a year ago.
Result of the match of the 1st round in doubles:
Magda Linette, Bernarda Pera (Poland, USA) – Gabriela Dabrowski, Luisa Stefani (Canada, Brazil) 6:4, 2:6, 10-5.
ps, PAP
