MIAMI 2021, Ladies Singles and Doubles thread

[Sallydaisy]

Harriet Dart has got into qualifying in Miami following withdrawals.

[Sallydaisy]

Harriet Dart v Zhu Lin starts shortly in the first qualifying round in Miami.

[goldfish]

Harriet Dart d. Zhu Lin 76(10) 46 62
A great battling win - well done Harriet

[Jan]

Well done Harriet :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Serena Williams withdraws from the Miami 1000.
The 23-time major champion is experiencing pain after having an oral surgery.

[Sallydaisy]

MIAMI OOP, WTA R1, 11am local (15.00 UK):-
All on Amazon Prime

GRANDSTAND
Linette v Montgomery
Cirstea v Scott
Diyas v V.Williams
Rogers v Brengle

COURT 1
McHale v Siegemund
Podoroska v Sherif
Kanepi v Davis
Potapova v Tomljanovic

BUTCH BUCCHOLZ
Krejcikova v Blinkova
Peterson v Wang
Buzkova v Rus
Teichmann v Badoza

QUALIFYING FINAL ROUNDS will also be taking place, not televised.

[Sallydaisy]

Harriet Dart d. Zhu Lin 76(10) 46 62
A great battling win - well done Harriet

FQR: Harriet Dart GBR WR 148 (CH121) will take on Tereza Martincová CZE WR 105 (=CH).
2nd after 10.00 start on Court 7 (so approx 12noon local/16.00 UK). Not televised.

[Sallydaisy]

Harriet lost.
:sad:

Heather Watson and Ajla Tomljanovic have a doubles wildcard in Miami and will play Anna Kalinskaya and Viktoria Kuzmova in the first round.

[Sallydaisy]

Katie Boulter and Krystina Pliskova are warming up now, direct link to watch on Prime Video: https://amzn.to/3rejYI5 (https://t.co/YjQm97oIrN?amp=1)

[Jane]

One set all

[Jane]

Katie won...4-6, 6-3, 6-3, Well done!!:GBflag::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

Good win for Katie, well done!

[Jan]

Brilliant!!!

[Sallydaisy]

From Steven on Twitter:

Miami WTA 1000:
In R2, Katie Boulter will take on 16th seed Elise Mertens BEL WR 17 (CH 12 in 2018)
H2H 2-1, all in juniors 8-9 years ago (Mertens is 2 months older):
Gangwon 2012 - Katie won 1&2 (*)
Wimbledon 2013 - Mertens won in 3 sets
US Open 2013 - Katie won 3&2

[exislander]

Konta won 6-4 7-5

[JAMES4578]

Got a bit tighter in tge 2nd but good Johanna won in straights, well done!

[themass15]

Good run out, next match will be a lot more difficult, especially if it is Kvitova

[goldfish]

Seem to have missed Heather’s match last night. -

Nina Stojanovic d Heather Watson 64 61

[Hawkeye]

It was mentioned on Heather's own thread yesterday morning.

[Sallydaisy]

Katie Boulter made a good start against former junior rival (16) Elise Mertens BEL,
with an early break in the 1st set *3-1. Mertens faced going 0-4 but having held
her serve she broke Boulter and is now serving at *2-3. On serve, as you were.

[Sallydaisy]

From Carole Bouchard on Twitter:
Long MTO for Boulter’s right foot.
With the camera angle, couldn’t see if it was blisters or something else.
Mertens then holds for 4-4.

[Sallydaisy]

Mertens takes the first set 6'4.

[Sallydaisy]

Mertens now serving at *3-1 in the 2nd set with a break in hand against Boulter.

I'm off to enjoy some sunshine in between the hailstorms!
:wave:

[JAMES4578]

Mertens took it 6-4,6-1, however Katie certainly gave her a challenge in the 1st set. Hopefully the foot will be ok in due course.

[Sallydaisy]

Miami R3: Johanna Konta lost to Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-2.

[Sallydaisy]

Miami Doubles R1: Heather Watson and Alja Tomljanovic lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova and Yang Zhaoxuan 6-4 6-1.

[Sallydaisy]

Ash Barty wins the Miami Title 6-3, 4-0 ret'd by Bianca Andreescu.
The Canadian fell early in the 2nd set and had the physio on at 0-3.
Shame to lose that way but Barty had been quick off the blocks & dominated the 1st set.

:trophy:
World #1 keeps rolling on!

[JAMES4578]

Pity for Andreescu which put paid to chance of real contest. However I think Ash Barty would have won anyway and the strong start certainly helped, well done!

[RoastLamb]

Very sad for Bianca tbh but I do love Ash Barty. She is a phenomenal player and a lovely human being. I do love her style of play. No bish bash bosh and awful grunting from her! Bianca did very well to get to the final so kudos for that!