Sensation in Miami! Iga Świątek will not forget this match for a long time
Iga Świątek faced the quarter -finals of the Miami tournament with Alexandra Eala. The Polish woman was completely helpless in a clash with a 19-year-old from the Philippines.
The tournament in Miami entered the decisive phase. In the quarter -final meeting The rival of Iga Świątek was Alexandra Eala, 140. The world player. A tennis player from the Philippines can certainly be considered one of the greatest sensations of the struggle in the United States.
The 19-year-old eliminated the fight for the title, among others Madison Keys and Jelena Ostapenko. In the 1/8 finals, happiness smiled at her, because Paula Bados had to give up the competition because of health problems.
Iga Świątek – Alexander Eala. Polish problems in the first set
Before the start of the meeting, Iga Świątek was a definite favorite. Filipinka quickly showed Polish that she would be an extremely difficult opponent. At the very beginning of the match Alexandra Eala broke our tennis player twice and thus took the lead 3: 1.
Although Iga Świątek tried to make up for the losses, a moment later she was broken again. 1The 9-year-old had health problems-on her left thigh she had a large dressing and between the actions it could be seen that she was getting more and more. Despite this, she needed just over 40 minutes to defeat the vice -leader of the WTA ranking. The first set ended with the victory of the Philippine 6: 2.
Miami Open. Iga Świątek makes up for the losses
The second set did not start for the Polish woman, because the rival opened the result at 1: 0 and a few minutes later the fans could see the next break in this quarter -finals. However, Iga Świątek did not give up. The 23-year-old managed to break the rival’s point series at her website. For the first time in the 1/4 final of the Miami Open took the lead 3: 2.
Alexandra Eala quickly made up for the start, leading to a 5: 5 draw. After only an hour and 38 minutes of game Filipinka had match balls she used and she was her she checked in in the Miami Open semi -final Ending the second part of the match with a result of 7: 5.
Iga Świątek certainly cannot include a quarter -final meeting in Miami as successful. The polka managed to win only 21 out of 45 points after the first application and only 6 of 25 after the second.
