Canada’s Victoria Mboko was ousted by Czechia’s Karolina Muchova deep right into a WTA 1000 event for a second time this yr.
Muchova posted a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win over Mboko in a tightly contested quarterfinal Tuesday on the Miami Open.
The Czech veteran scored the one break of the match when she got here again from 30-love to take a 6-5 lead within the first set.
She then saved a set level within the second set earlier than profitable the tiebreaker, changing match level towards serve.
Mboko was within the quarterfinals of a 3rd straight 1000-level event, a run that began with a loss to Muchova within the closing of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open final month.
She additionally superior to the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, Calif., earlier this month earlier than dropping to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
The 19-year-old from Burlington, Ont., who entered Miami ranked ninth on the planet, improved her file this season to 19-6 along with her run to the quarterfinals in Miami.
