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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2021 21:16:56 GMT
Watch the Match Highlights from Ashleigh Barty vs. Aryna Sabalenka at the Miami Open 2021, 03/30/2021
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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2021 3:02:15 GMT
Anastasija Sevastova vs. Elina Svitolina | 2021 Miami Quarterfinals | WTA Match Highlights
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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2021 19:59:04 GMT
Maria Sakkari vs. Naomi Osaka | 2021 Miami Open Quarterfinals | WTA Match Highlights
As Naomi Osaka's 23-match winning streak neared an end Wednesday, she paused before serving to crane her neck and stare at the sky, as if seeking intervention from above.
Then she carried on, and so did No. 23-seeded Maria Sakkari, who upset Osaka 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open.
“The more stuff like this happens, the more I'll learn from it,” the No. 2-ranked Osaka said.
The defeat was her first since February 2020, and it ended any chance of reclaiming the No. 1 ranking this week from Ash Barty, who is in the semifinals.
Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in February, but in five Miami appearances she has never advanced beyond the quarterfinals. She said couldn't get comfortable on the tournament's hard-court surface.
“I felt like I haven’t been playing well this whole tournament, like I couldn’t find a groove,” she said.
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2021 23:25:53 GMT
Ashleigh Barty vs. Elina Svitolina | 2021 Miami Semifinals | WTA Match Highlights
Ash Barty is set to make history after World No.2 Naomi Osaka's stunning meltdown during the quarter-final of the Miami Open.
The Miami Open has been full of drama leading up to the quarter-final and it continued after the 25-year-old Maria Sakkari produced a masterful display to defeat the Australian Open champion Osaka.
Osaka was on a 23-match winning streak heading into her quarter-final clash but was destroyed 6-0, 6-4 in just 69 minutes.
And the heavy defeat for Osaka means World No.1 Barty will hold onto her ranking for at least another five weeks.
The Australian's ranking was helped due to the player rankings being frozen and a 'best-of' system introduced after the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the sports world last year.
This resulted in her being able to miss most of the 2020 season, but hold her ranking points.
But Osaka's collapse, and Barty's charge at the Miami Open, will see her hold on to the WTA World No.1 spot for at least another five weeks.
Barty joins legends in history books Barty reached the World No.1 ranking, not long after her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open, on the 24th June, 2019, and has maintained her run at the top of the women's game since.
Another five weeks as World No.1 will see Barty reach 74 weeks at the top, which will see her surpass Caroline Wozniaki (71).
She will sit behind, Stefani Graf (377 weeks), Martina Navratilova (332), Serena Williams (319), Chris Evert (260), Martina Hingis (209), Monica Seles (178), Justine Henin (170), Lindsay Davenport (98).
However, tennis reporter Tumaini Carayol pointed out she would hold an asterisk next to Barty's name in the rankings due to the 'frozen-ranking' system.
“Barty has more weeks at #1 than Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Aranxta Sanchez Vicario, Garbine Muguruza combined,” Carayol tweeted.
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2021 6:57:29 GMT
Bianca Andreescu vs. Maria Sakkari | 2021 Miami Semifinals | WTA Match Highlights
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