Muguruza And Kerber Win As Halep Falls In Miami
Muguruza and Kerber made it through to the fourth round of the Miami Open, while Halep went down to Radwanska.
Garbine Muguruza, Angelique Kerber, Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Pliskova were among the winners today at the Miami Open.
While world number one Simona Halep made a third-round exit at the Miami Open.
Halep suffered a three-set loss to Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday in the 11th meeting between the pair.
Halep went down to 2012 champion Radwanska 3-6 6-2 6-3 in one hour, 44 minutes.
The Romanian had won five of the previous seven clashes between the pair, but Radwanska's victory saw her edge 6-5 in front in their head-to-head.
Agnieszka Radwanska will next face Victoria Azarenka after the three-time champion beat 20th seed Anastasija Sevastova 3-6 6-4 6-1.
KERBER IN FORM
Kerber has enjoyed a strong start to the year and it continued with a convincing 6-4 6-4 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The German holds a 23-5 win-loss record in 2018 but is still bidding to add to her Sydney title won in January.
Kerber's next outing is against Wang Yafan, who won the battle of qualifiers over Alison Riske 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
PLISKOVA, MUGURUZA PROGRESS
The fifth-seeded Pliskova was pushed before getting past Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4).
Muguruza had it far easier, needing just 70 minutes to crush Christina McHale 6-2 6-1.
US Open champion Sloane Stephens also got through, leading Monica Niculescu 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 4-0 when the Romanian retired.
