Two days, two wins and making it look easy. ()
Naomi Osaka sure seems like herself again.
The former world No. 1 is through to the third round at the Miami Open, easily handling 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. It was every bit as one-sided바카라 웹사이트as the score made it seem, with Osaka winning 89% of first-serve points and 61 of the 100 points played in the match바카라 웹사이트overall.
“It means a lot to me,” said Osaka, unseeded in Miami after바카라 웹사이트falling to No. 77 in the world because she's missed바카라 웹사이트considerable time to focus on her mental health in recent바카라 웹사이트years. “She's the first high-seeded player I've beaten this바카라 웹사이트year.”바카라 웹사이트
Osaka's win set the tone for a day where 11 seeded women were ousted from the tournament, a stunning series of results바카라 웹사이트headlined by Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu defeating top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4. Begu had lost 17 of her last바카라 웹사이트18 matches against top-10 players entering Thursday.
Also gone: No. 3 seed Anett Kontaveit. She lost to Ann Li, a바카라 웹사이트21-year-old American who got her first win over a top-10바카라 웹사이트opponent — a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 triumph.
Kerber is ranked 15th in the world; the last time Osaka바카라 웹사이트defeated a top-15 ranked player was when she topped then-No. 10 Serena Williams in the 2021 Australian Open semifinals. Osaka went on to win that tournament and hasn't been to a final since, but her win over Kerber — who had been바카라 웹사이트4-1 against Osaka entering Thursday — certainly made her바카라 웹사이트look the part of a Miami contender.
“I went into the match just really wanting to play my game,” said Osaka, who has yet to drop a set in her two matches in바카라 웹사이트Miami; she beat Astra Sharma 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.바카라 웹사이트
“I still have the memories of all the matches she's beaten me바카라 웹사이트before. So yeah, I just wanted to play as well as I could. It바카라 웹사이트worked out.”바카라 웹사이트
The rest of the ousted women's seeds: No. 6 Karolina바카라 웹사이트Pliskova, No. 11 Emma Raducanu, No. 15 Elina Svitolina, No. 18 Leylah Fernandez, No. 19 Tamara Zidansek, No. 25 Daria바카라 웹사이트Kasatkina, No. 31 Alize Cornet and No. 32 Sara Sorribes Tormo, all of them defeated Thursday.
Pliskova — in just her second match after missing about four바카라 웹사이트months with a broken arm — lost 6-3, 6-3 to qualifier Anna바카라 웹사이트Kalinskaya.바카라 웹사이트
Olympic doubles gold medalist Katarina Siniakova of the바카라 웹사이트Czech Republic needed just under three hours to beat바카라 웹사이트Raducanu, the reigning U.S. Open champion, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.바카라 웹사이트Siniakova was nearly reduced to tears while getting worked on바카라 웹사이트during a medical time-out in the first set because of an바카라 웹사이트upper-body injury.
“I think I just felt better as the match was going on,"바카라 웹사이트Siniakova said. “I was fighting in the beginning."바카라 웹사이트
Svitolina, who had a number of fans wearing pro-Ukraine shirts watching her match in tribute to her homeland, lost to바카라 웹사이트Britain's Heather Watson 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
“I really feel for Elina," Watson said. “I can see she's not her바카라 웹사이트normal self. ... She must just have so much on her mind. I바카라 웹사이트think it's amazing that she's out here still competing."바카라 웹사이트
Fernandez — a U.S. Open finalist last year — lost to Karolina바카라 웹사이트Muchova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Muchova, who hasn't played since the U.S. Open nearly seven바카라 웹사이트months ago because of an abdominal injury, will face Osaka바카라 웹사이트for a spot in the round of 16.
“For me, it was a win to play and compete again,” Muchova바카라 웹사이트said.
Vera Zvonareva topped Zidansek, 6-3, 6-2. Cornet lost to바카라 웹사이트Alison Riske of the U.S. 6-2, 6-2. Kasatkina fell to Aliaksandra바카라 웹사이트Sasnovich of Belarus 7-6 (5), 6-4, and Sorribes Tormo was바카라 웹사이트ousted by Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
No. 9 seed Danielle Collins of the U.S. escaped the upset bug,바카라 웹사이트holding off Anna Bondar of Hungary 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. No. 8 seed바카라 웹사이트Ons Jabeur was another winner, getting past Poland's Magda바카라 웹사이트Linette 7-6 (1), 6-2, and No. 22 Belinda Bencic eased by Maria Kostyuk 6-3, 6-1.
Among the men's winners was two-time Miami Open winner바카라 웹사이트Andy Murray, a 7-6 (4), 6-1) winner over Federico Delbonis to바카라 웹사이트earn a second-round matchup against No. 1 seed Daniil바카라 웹사이트Medvedev. Murray won the event in 2009 and 2013 when it바카라 웹사이트was held at its former Key Biscayne home.
“Obviously, a tough match," Murray said of the looming바카라 웹사이트matchup with Medvedev.바카라 웹사이트
“He's played extremely well on hard courts the last few바카라 웹사이트seasons. He appears to be right up there at the top of the바카라 웹사이트game. It'll be a big challenge, a great test."바카라 웹사이트
Sebastian Korda of the U.S., who made the quarterfinals at바카라 웹사이트Miami last year, rolled past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of바카라 웹사이트Spain 6-1, 6-1 in a first-round match. He got off the court in바카라 웹사이트just over an hour on a summer-like day in South Florida.
“I'm a Florida boy,” Korda said. “I love the humidity. Heat and바카라 웹사이트humidity, those are my two favorite things. I just play some바카라 웹사이트really good tennis in them.”
