Gauff rallies; young stars advance
Coco Gauff rallied from a set down to reach the Miami Open fourth round, while Victoria Mboko and Alexandra Eala also advanced — both Mboko and Eala won in straight sets after tough second-set tiebreaks. (olympics.com) The comeback and the highlight reels are driving buzz online — see the match clips that are already trending. (youtube.com)
Coco Gauff turned a 3-6 opening set into a 6-0, 6-1 comeback win over Alycia Parks in 1 hour, 50 minutes, saving 14 break points and winning 12 of the final 13 games; she now meets Sorana Cirstea in the Round of 16 and is still chasing her first Miami Open quarterfinal. (WTATennis.com: ) Gauff entered Miami as the tournament’s No. 4 seed and logged her 104th WTA 1000-level win among players born since 2000, second only to Iga Swiatek’s 130 at that tier. (WTATennis.com: ) She had retired mid-match at Indian Wells on March 8 with a “nerve-related” forearm issue and cited adjustments on her return to counter Parks’ early form in Miami. (Tennis.com: ) Victoria Mboko crushed Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-0, producing 32 winners and converting six of seven break points in a sub-60-minute performance to reach the third round. (TennisCanada.com: ) Mboko followed that with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to book a place in the Round of 16. (WTATennis.com scores: ) Alexandra Eala defeated Magda Linette 6-3, 7-6(2) in 1 hour 48 minutes after rallying from 4-5 in the second set to dominate the tiebreak, and she is slated to play Karolína Muchová in the next round. (ESPN.com: ) Eala was the first Filipina to reach the Miami Open semifinals in 2025, and this straight-sets win extends her strong tournament form from last year. (WTATennis.com: )
