Alexandrova vince negli ottavi a Miami contro Swiatek, Amara

Iga Swiatek’s sensational exit in the round of 16 at the “Miami Open, the fourth WTA 1000 event of the season (combined with the second ATP Masters 1000 of 2024) with a prize money of 8,770,480 dollars being held on the cement courts of the Hard Rock Stadium facility (home of the Miami Dolphins NFL football team) in Florida.

During the Italian night, the world number one, coming off her second victory at Indian Wells and in the running for a “Sunshine Double” , was surprised by Ekaterina Alexandrova with a score of 64 62, in just under an hour and a half, the Russian, ranked 16th and seeded 14th, recorded her 13th victory against a top ten player. For the 29-year-old from Chelyabinsk, this was her second win in five matches against the 22-year-old from Warsaw, who she had previously beaten in the round of 16 at the 2021 Melbourne Gippsland Trophy (with three consecutive wins for the Polish player in between).