Miami Open: Gauff Advances To fourth Round In Straight Sets Win

US Open Champion, Coco Gauff cruised into Miami Open fourth round with straight-set victory over Oceane Dodin.

The 20-year-old American, Gauff fell a break of serve behind and trailed 4-2 in the opening set.

Down after a slow start, she dominated, winning 10 straight games to win in under an hour.

Third seed Gauff will face France’s Caroline Garcia, who beat Japan’s Naomi Osaka, in the next round.

Garcia emerged a 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 winner against four-time major winner Osaka in their third-round match.

Elsewhere, Jessica Pegula (USA, 5th seed) defeated Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 7-5, 6-4 and advances to face Emma Navarro (USA).

Navarro recorded a three-set victory over Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini, prevailing 6-2 3-6 6-0.

Russian 10th seed Daria Kasatkina is out after losing 7-5 6-4 against Romanian Sorana Cirstea.

Also, British tennis player Katie Boulter upset Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach her first Miami Open fourth round, where she’ll face Victoria Azarenka.

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Murray Suffers Three-Set Defeat By Machac

Tomas Machac knocked Andy Murray out of the Miami Open in a dramatic three-set defeat (5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-5)) in the round of 32.

The Briton won his ninth break point to take a 6-5 lead before serving out to love to take the opening set.

Machac broke Murray for the first time at 6-5 in the second to draw level.

Murray fought back in the final set, saving a match point, but ultimately lost in a tie-break.

The 36-year-old Scot had worryingly gone down with an ankle injury at the net after hitting the winner to level at 5-5 in the third set.

Despite physiotherapy treatment, Murray fought through the pain but ultimately fell short against a determined Machac. Ranked two spots above Murray at number 60, Machac proved too strong.

The 23-year-old Czech blew a match point at 5-3 in the third set, but he regrouped and battled back from 5-4 down in the tie-break to win three straight points and claim victory in a marathon three hours and 27 minutes.

An exciting tennis match unfolded, but rain delay, Murray’s ankle pain, and crowd movement all threw it into disarray.

Meanwhile, Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner overcame a first-set slip-up to defeat Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 5-7 7-5 6-1.

However, Denmark’s Holger Rune suffered a 6-1 6-1 defeat by Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan in 59 minutes.