Kvitova halts Gracheva’s hot streak in Miami fourth round

It is a Sunshine Double’s worth of quarter-finals for Petra Kvitova, who advanced that far in Indian Wells and has now done the same at the Miami Open after defeating Russian qualifier Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 7-6(5) on Monday evening.

Kvitova will play the winner of the match between Canadian Bianca Andreescu and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter-finals. The world No 12 preceded Monday’s success with victories over Linda Noskova (6-3, 6-0) and Donna Vekic (6-4, 7-6(3)).

Gracheva qualified for the main draw and then ousted Belgian Maryna Zanevska (6-1, 7-5), Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 4 seed (6-2, 6-2) and Polish lucky loser Magdalena Frech (6-1, 6-2). So far this season the world No 54 has also reached the Australian Open third round, the Austin final and the Indian Wells fourth round (also as a qualifier).

Miami WTA 1000, other fourth-round results:

• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Elena Rybakina (10) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Marketa Vondrousova: 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Magda Linette (20): 6-1, 7-5
• Anastasia Potapova (27) beat Qinwen Zheng (23): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Martina Trevisan (25) beat Jelena Ostapenko (24): 6-3, 6-3
  

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