Badosa withdraws from Miami Open with back injury

No 10 seed Paula Badosa is out of the Miami Open, withdrawing due to injury ahead of her round-of-16 match against Filipino wildcard Alexandra Eala on Monday.

In her previous match, Badosa appeared to reaggravate the back injury that saw her miss the second half of the 2023 season.

Eala, ranked No 140, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 22 seed, and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next. It will be her first-ever WTA 1000 quarter-final.

Earlier in the tournament, the 19-year-old Filipino beat American Katie Volynets (6-3, 7-6 (3)), Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 25 seed (7-6 (2), 7-5) and American Madison Keys, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-2).

Badosa, ranked No 11, edged out Canadian wildcard Victoria Mboko (7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (3)) and won against Dane Clara Tauson, the No 20 seed (6-3, 7-6 (3)) in the previous rounds of the Miami tournament.

Miami WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Elina Svitolina vs. Iga Swiatek
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Jessica Pegula: monday
• 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