Twenty-five-year-old Muchová last played at the US Open last year, where she finished in the opening round. Since then, she has been healing her injured abdominal muscles and has returned to the courts only now in Florida, where she managed the Czech derby with Tereza Martincová in two tie-breaks in the opening round on Wednesday.
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In the duel with Fernandez, after a balanced set start, she took control every time from 2: 2. While she led the opening set smoothly to victory, she hesitated in the second. In the state of 5: 4 or 6: 5 she could not finish the match and visibly tired she had to fight in a tie-break. In it, the opponent took the lead 2: 0, but then Muchová took over again, turned to 6: 2 and then changed the second matchword after more than two hours of fighting.
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“I’m completely dead,” she said after a match on the court interview. “I didn’t have a day off and I started first today, so I had to get up early,” she complained, acknowledging that tough matches are challenging after a long break. “You can train physics as you wish, but matches are something else. But for me, winning is just that I can play again,” she added.
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A valuable prize for Siniak
Siniak, who won after a three-hundred turn in the first round against Rebecca Marina, suffered from health problems at the beginning of the match with Raducanu, and at 1: 4 in the first set, she called a physiotherapist on the court for the first time. She then used the treatment, probably due to a problem with the ribs, several more times during the first and second set. In it, she started a turn at 1: 3 and forced a decisive third set.
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Her opponent also entered it better, but Siniaková managed to re-align her step and at 4: 5 she did not allow her opponent to finish the match. She then defended her service with a clean game, and in the following game she broke through the tired Raducan’s service again and after two hours and 53 minutes she changed the first matchword.
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Sabalenkova ends quickly
Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenkova, the fifth player in the world rankings, lost to Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round 4: 6, 4: 6.
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The tournament trio Anett Kontaveitová also dropped out. The Estonian lost in three sets to the American Ann Li, who beat her top ten opponent for the first time.
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Begu ended the four-year wait for success against the Top Ten player. The 31-year-old Romanian, who ranks 70th in the WTA rankings, made only seven unforced mistakes in the match against Sabalenkova. The favorite opponent had 34 of them.
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“I showed a balanced performance throughout the match. I served well and did not spoil,” said Begu. In the third round, another Belarusian, Aliaksandra Sasnovičová, awaits her.
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In the men’s competition, two-time British tournament winner Andy Murray, who started the wild card, managed the match with Argentine Federico Delbonis, whom he defeated 7: 6, 6: 1. In the second round, the former world number one will face the most committed Russian Daniil Medvedev.
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Halep resigned due to injury
Romanian Simona Halepová resigned due to an injury, she was to start the second round in Miami. The former world number one, who had a free lot at the beginning, injured her left leg during training. She then announced on Twitter that she would have at least a three-week break and would not play in the upcoming Charleston tournament or the Billie Jean King Cup.
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“I felt a sharp pain in my left leg during training. I had had problems with my thigh since the Indian Wells semifinals and hoped it had improved, but MRI unfortunately showed a torn muscle,” Halep said, adding that she needed time to recover. Then he wants to prepare for the clay part of the season.
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In the singles spider, Halep was replaced as a lucky loser by the Frenchman Harmony Tan.
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| MIAMI (hard surface): |
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| Women ($ 9,554,920 grant): |
| Singles – Round 2: |
| Muchova (CZE) – Fernandezova (18-Kan.) 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 3) |
| Siniakova (CZE) – Raducanuova (11-Brit.) 3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 |
| Karolina Pliskova (6-CR) – Kalinska (RUS) 3: 6, 3: 6 |
| Collins (9-USA) – Bodnar (Hungary) 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
| Riske (USA) – Cornet (31-Fr.) 6: 2, 6: 2 |
| Jaburova (8-Tun.) – Linette (Pol.) 7: 6 (7: 1), 6: 2 |
| Osaka (JPN) – Kerber (13-Germany) 6: 2, 6: 3 |
| Watson (UK) – Svitolin (15-UKR) 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 4) |
| Sasnovicova (BEL) – Kasatkinova (25-RUS) 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 4 |
| Kanepiova (EST) – Sorribesova (32-Sp.) 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0 |
| Bronzetti (It.) – Voegele (Switzerland) 6: 2, 6: 1 |
| Doubles – Round 1: |
| McNally, Gauff (4-USA) – Peschke, Mihalikova (CZ / SR) 6: 0, 6: 3 |
| Men ($ 9,554,920 grant): |
| Singles – Round 1: |
| Harris (JAR) – Bagnis (Arg.) 6:3, 6:3 |
| Humbert (Fr.) – Bedene (Slovin.) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 |
| Nisioka (JPN) – Gomez (ECU) 6: 2, 6: 7 (2: 7), 6: 1 |
| Korda (USA) – Davidovich (Sp.) 6: 1, 6: 1 |
| Martínez (Šp.) – Struff (DEU) 6: 3, 2: 0 ret |
| Wolf (USA) – Altmaier (DEU) 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Thompson (Austr.) – Tsonga (Fr.) 6: 7 (1: 7), 6: 4, 6: 4 |
| Brooksby (USA) – Coria (Arg.) 3:6, 6:2, 6:3 |
| Popyrin (Austr.) – Musetti (It.) 7:5, 7:6 (7:5) |
| Majchrzak (POL) – Baez (ARG) 6: 4, 6: 3. |
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