Federer, Halep advance in Miami
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MIAMI: Three-time Miami Open winner Roger Federer and Simona Halep advanced at this year’s Miami Open, after Federer downed Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-3 and Halep prevailed over Venus Williams 6-3 6-3.The Swiss world number five, who is the fourth seed in Florida, served up 14 aces in a dominant performance to set up a meeting with Daniil Medvedev. Federer and his Serbian opponent exchanged breaks of serve early in the first set, with the 20-time grand slam winner taking a set-clinching break at 6-5.He took an early break in the second set, for 2-0, before going on to serve out the match after just over 90 minutes on court. Medvedev was made to work harder for his win, spending nearly two-and-a-half hours on court with Reilly Opelka and prevailing 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-6 (0).Australian Jordan Thompson, world number 77, knocked out 24th seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-5 and goes on to face Kevin Anderson, who saw off Joao Sousa 6-4 7-6 (6).Denis Shapovalov took less than 30 minutes to go a set up, but needed a further hour to finish off Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6 (5), while David Goffin beat 14th seed Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4 and Frances Tiafoe got the better of David Ferrer 5-7 6-3 6-3. Australian Open semi-finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas also progressed, beating Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-4.Halep prevailed in the battle of the former world number ones after seeing off Venus Williams 6-3 6-3. Halep, world number three, broke Williams’ first two service games and pushed home her advantage, taking the first set inside 33 minutes.The second was a tighter affair, a solitary break for the Romanian for 3-1 being the difference. Halep goes on to face Qiang Wang who defeated compatriot Yafan Wang 7-5 6-4. Qiang, the 18th seed, booked her first quarter-final appearance in Florida having secured a walkover in the previous round against Serena Williams.Also through are Karolina Pliskova, who toiled to a 2-6 6-3 7-5 win over Yulia Putintseva, Marketa Vondrousova, who beat Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-3, and Petra Kvitova, who outlasted Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki went out to 27th seed Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3 6-7 (0) 6-2, Ashleigh Barty needed three sets to beat Kiki Bertens 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Bianca Andreescu retired against Anett Kontaveit.
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MIAMI: Three-time Miami Open winner Roger Federer and Simona Halep advanced at this year’s Miami Open, after Federer downed Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-3 and Halep prevailed over Venus Williams 6-3 6-3.The Swiss world number five, who is the fourth seed in Florida, served up 14 aces in a dominant performance to set up a meeting with Daniil Medvedev. Federer and his Serbian opponent exchanged breaks of serve early in the first set, with the 20-time grand slam winner taking a set-clinching break at 6-5.He took an early break in the second set, for 2-0, before going on to serve out the match after just over 90 minutes on court. Medvedev was made to work harder for his win, spending nearly two-and-a-half hours on court with Reilly Opelka and prevailing 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-6 (0).Australian Jordan Thompson, world number 77, knocked out 24th seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-5 and goes on to face Kevin Anderson, who saw off Joao Sousa 6-4 7-6 (6).Denis Shapovalov took less than 30 minutes to go a set up, but needed a further hour to finish off Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6 (5), while David Goffin beat 14th seed Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4 and Frances Tiafoe got the better of David Ferrer 5-7 6-3 6-3. Australian Open semi-finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas also progressed, beating Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-4.Halep prevailed in the battle of the former world number ones after seeing off Venus Williams 6-3 6-3. Halep, world number three, broke Williams’ first two service games and pushed home her advantage, taking the first set inside 33 minutes.The second was a tighter affair, a solitary break for the Romanian for 3-1 being the difference. Halep goes on to face Qiang Wang who defeated compatriot Yafan Wang 7-5 6-4. Qiang, the 18th seed, booked her first quarter-final appearance in Florida having secured a walkover in the previous round against Serena Williams.Also through are Karolina Pliskova, who toiled to a 2-6 6-3 7-5 win over Yulia Putintseva, Marketa Vondrousova, who beat Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-3, and Petra Kvitova, who outlasted Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki went out to 27th seed Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3 6-7 (0) 6-2, Ashleigh Barty needed three sets to beat Kiki Bertens 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Bianca Andreescu retired against Anett Kontaveit.
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