Miami Open: Swiatek downs Svitolina past midnight to make quarter-finals
Iga Swiatek beat Elina Svitolina 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday. She’ll face Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala in the next round
Iga Swiatek Miami 2025 Zuma/Psnewz
Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, defeated Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 22 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Monday.
Swiatek, ranked No 2, will play Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala next.
The Pole won against Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia (6-2, 7-5) and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 27 seed (7-6 (2), 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Miami tournament, Svitolina, ranked No 22, won against Swiss Belinda Bencic (6-1, 6-2) and No 15 seed Karolina Muchova (6-2, 3-6, 6-2).
Miami WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Alexandra Eala vs. Paula Badosa
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Marta Kostyuk (23): 6-2, 6-3
- Magda Linette beat Coco Gauff (3): 6-4, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu beat Amanda Anisimova (17): 6-1, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Danielle Collins (14): 6-4, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (9) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Naomi Osaka: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
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