World No. 1 in women's tennis Iga Swiontek was surprisingly eliminated by Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova in a match of the fourth round of the hard court tournament in Miami (USA) of the UTA 1000 series. The star from Poland performed very poorly and fell by 4: 6, 2:6. Alexandrova is in the 16th position in the world ranking.
For her, this is the biggest victory of her career so far. "I just gave it my all on the court, the best I could. I think I did pretty well," commented the 29-year-old Alexandrova, after presenting the surprise.
With the elimination, Shviontek's dream of winning the so-called evaporated. "sunny double", after a few days ago she triumphed in Indian Wells (California).
For Schwiontek, however, the loss will not have a major impact on her world ranking, as she did not play in the tournament last year and can only increase her advantage over her rivals.
Coco Goff, the third in the world, also dropped out of the Masters in Miami, losing to Carolina Garcia 3:6, 6:1, 2:6. We remind you that the French eliminated our first women's racket, Viktoria Tomova, after the Bulgarian withdrew due to injury with a score of 1:6, 2:5.
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) also qualified for the 1/4-finals in Miami, who defeated Katie Boulter (Great Britain) 7:5, 6:1 and will play against Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan.