Swiatek comes from behind to defeat inspired Noskova in Miami
Iga Swiatek edged out Linda Noskova 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday night and will face No 14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the next round
Miami Open/Hard Rock Stadium
Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, reached the last 16 of the Miami Open by edging out No 26 seed Linda Noskova 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night.
Swiatek was forced to do things the hard way against Noskova after dropping the opening set. At one stage the Pole was up 5-2, but lost the first set in a tiebreaker before winning the next two sets to claim the match in two hours, 33 minutes. Her first round match took just one hour, seven minutes.
“She’s really talented… I feel like as an underdog she can really just go for it,” said Swiatek after the match. “I know that feeling. She’s using it well. But on the other hand I have the experience I can use. You can see in these matches it kind of evens itself out… I’m happy I could overcome what came to me today.”
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play No 14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
In the previous round of the Miami tournament, the 22-year-old Pole beat Italian Camila Giorgi (6-1, 6-1).
Noskova, ranked No 31, won against Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Miami tournament.
Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Danielle Collins beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-1, 6-2
- Caroline Garcia (23) beat Naomi Osaka: 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Jessica Pegula (5) beat Leylah Fernandez (31): 7-5, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Oceane Dodin (LL): 6-4, 6-0
- Emma Navarro (20) beat Jasmine Paolini (12): 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
- Sorana Cirstea (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-5, 6-2
- Katie Boulter (24) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 6-2, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
- Yulia Putintseva beat Greet Minnen (LL): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Madison Keys (17) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (28): 7-5, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka (27) beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 7-5
