World No 4 Elina Svitolina crashes out of Miami Open

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Patna : World No 50 Wang Yafan, 24, China, defeated World No 5 Elina Svitolina, 24, Ukraine, in straight sets in the women’s singles 2nd round of Miami Open at Florida, USA, on March 23, 2019, in a major  upset in the tournament.

Wang Yafan beat Svitolina, who had reached the semi-finals of Indian Wells Masters last week, 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hr 22 minutes to enter the 3rd round of the event. Yafan broke Svitolina’s service 5 times in the match while the latter broke her service twice. Yafan won 4 games in a row during the match to 3 by Svitolina. Svitolina committed 6 double faults to 1 by Yafan. Yafan’s winning percentage both on her first and second serve (68% & 53 %) was better than that of Svitolina ( 65% & 38%). Yafan served 4 Aces in the match to 3 by Svitolina.

World No 7 Karolina PLiskova, 26, Czech Republic, however, brushed aside World No 52 Petra Martic, 28, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4 in 77 minutes to enter the 3rd round of the tournament. Karolina fired 7 Aces in the match to 3 by Martic. She also broke Martic’s service thrice in the match while Martic broke her service only once. Pliskova won 5 games in a row to 3 by Martic.

World No 3 Simona Halep, 27, Romania, also entered the 3rd round defeating World No 96 Taylor Townsend, 22, USA, 6-1, 6-3 in the 2nd round. Halep broke Townsend’s service 5 times in the match while the latter broke her service just once. Halep won 4 games in a row to 2 by Townsend. Halep committed 4 double faults to 5 by her opponent.

World No 4 Angelique Kerber, 31, Germany, defeated World No 113 Karolina Muchova, 22, Czech Republic,  3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to enter the 3rd round. Muchova, however, fired 4 Aces in the match to none by Kerber. Kerber committed 4 double faults to 2 by Muchova. Kerber broke Muchova’s service 5 times while the latter broke her service 4 times in the match.