MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Third-ranked Coco Gauff got here from behind within the first set to beat Oceane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 and advance to the fourth spherical of the Miami Open for the second time in her profession.
Gauff gained 10 straight video games after Dodin took a 4-2 lead within the opening set, thanks partly to 9 double-faults by Dodin at crucial moments.
Gauff has only one loss in her previous 23 matches in the USA. That defeat got here in opposition to Maria Sakkari at Indian Wells earlier this month.
Gauff, who turned 20 on March 13, is the youngest American participant to carry a prime three seed at Miami. The reigning US Open champion, who’s from South Florida, attended the occasion rising up and mentioned capturing a title there could be particular.
“It might be actually cool to win right here at house,” mentioned Gauff, who was born in Delray Seaside, Florida. “I feel the most effective half about profitable right here is simply having the ability to drive house with the trophy and never must fly and pack. … And I am a Dolphins fan, so perhaps if I win right here they’ll win one other trophy on the Tremendous Bowl.”
Gauff will face No. 27 Caroline Garcia, who defeated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Sunday in a match through which the pair mixed for 28 aces. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, got here up quick regardless of taking part in a few of her greatest tennis of the season in Miami. She beat Seventeenth-ranked Elina Svitolina 6-2, 7-6 (5) on Saturday, which was her second win over a top-20 opponent in her earlier 4 matches.
In different girls’s matches, top-ranked Iga Swiatek got here from behind to edge No. 31 Linda Noskova 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4; fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula defeated No. 35 Leylah Fernandez 7-5, 6-4 to achieve the spherical of 16 for the third straight 12 months; and No. 24 Sorana Cirstea beat Eleventh-ranked Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 6-2.
In males’s play, final 12 months’s Miami Open runner-up and third-ranked Jannik Sinner rallied after dropping the primary set to outlast No. 26 Tallon Griekspoor 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 and advance to the fourth spherical. A lightweight rain bathe briefly stopped match play with Griekspoor main 7-5, 3-3, however Sinner took management of the match after the delay.
Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in a match that final almost 3 1/2 hours. Murray appeared to land awkwardly on his left ankle within the third set and instantly got here up in ache however completed the match after briefly having the ankle checked. Eighth-ranked Casper Ruud earned the one hundredth hard-court win of his profession with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
