Beijing time, March 28: The Miami Open, held this morning in Miami, Florida, USA, beijing time, ended the fifth day of competition. Zhang Shuai, the only Chinese player left on the singles draw table, lost the match with the 14th seed of the United States, Gao Fu, who missed the fourth round. The other big seeds in today's game all passed the level and qualified for the round of 16. Let's take a look at the latest news from the Miami Open.
Today is the fifth matchday of the Miami Open, and the match continues at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, where the first match on Center Court is a third round of the women's singles matchup played by tournament no. 5 seed Spanish player Bardoza against Kazakhstan's Puddinseva. The two had previously met in the second round of Wimbledon in 2021 when Bardoza swept through the promotion, and all parties were optimistic about Bardoza winning the game before the game. The match began at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time today, and the referee of the match was Zhang Juan, the gold medal referee from China. After the start of the match, Bardoza was in full control of the game and it took only 81 minutes to sweep Putinseva 6-3, 6-2 to get tickets to the round of 16, and in the next round, Bardoza will face czech youngster Frubertova with a wild card, who received a retirement gift from Belarusian Azarenka and advanced.
Zhang Shuai, the only Chinese player in the singles draw, also ushered in her third round today, and her opponent is Gao Fu, an American player who eliminated mainland player Wang Qiang in the last round of the tournament' 14th seed. Today's match is the first time the two have met in an official match, and before the game, all parties are optimistic about Gauff's victory. The match began at 2:50 a.m. Beijing time today at the Grand Bleacher. After the start of the game, Zhang Shuai entered the state faster to take a 5-3 lead and got a set, but Gauff did not give up completing the break to drag the game into the seventh, and won the first set of the game 7-1 in the seven. The competition between the two sides in the second set is still fierce, the first ten sets are 5-5, and in the 11th set, Gao Fu completed the defense and then came to Zhang Shuai's indispensable set, Zhang Shuai failed to withstand the pressure and suffered a break to lose the second set 5-7. Gauff won the tournament to advance to the fourth round, where she will compete with No. 2 seed Poland's Sweiatke for a place in the quarterfinals, who swept American player Brungel to advance to the tournament today.
Today's men's singles also began the third round of the competition, the No. 2 seed Germany's Verev Jr. debuted his opponent is the United States' Macdonald. The two have met twice before, and Zverev Jr. has won the game, and before the game, all parties were still optimistic that he would win the game. The match began at 9 a.m. Beijing time this morning on Centre Court, and after the game began, Zverev Jr. took full control of the game and swept the opponent in 6-2, 6-2 in 73 minutes to get the ticket to the round of 16, and he will compete with Australian player Kokinakis who qualified for a place in the next round, who eliminated the American Kudra in three sets in today's game.
Australia's Kyrgios, who played with a wild card in the men's singles other competitions that ended today, swept the 31st seed Italy's Fergenini, the 28th seed Tiafo defeated Argentina's Celendolo by a score of 6-3, 6-2, the 10th seed Britain's Nori also defeated the French player Gaston by a straight score, and the 22nd seed France's Monfils was upset and defeated the Argentine player F Celendolo. No. 6 seed Norway's Rud swept the 30th seed Kazakhstan's Briek, and the 9th seed Italy player Sinar eliminated the 17th seed Spanish player Busta in a fierce three-set save.
In the women's doubles, China's Yang Zhaoxuan and Russian player Alexandrova's combination eliminated the combination of Spanish player Bardoza and Belarusian player Sabarenka to advance to the third round. The Miami Open will continue this week, and we will continue to pay attention to bringing relevant reports to everyone.