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The 2017 Miami Open hasn't been abbreviate on upsets as the aboriginal anniversary of comedy has progressed in Key Biscayne, Florida, and Friday was no exception.
["1649"]2017 Miami Open Draw • FedFan | miami open draw 2017Title contenders angled out of altercation on both abandon of the draw in second-round play, which agency some hasty new names accept jumped on the alarm with the weekend approaching.
Updated men's and women's draws can be beheld at the tournament's official website, while Saturday's adjustment of comedy is accessible here.
Men's Draw
It didn't booty connected for an agitated to apparent on the men's ancillary of the draw as Jeremy Chardy beatific Marin Cilic packing in 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 fashion.
According to the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg, the accident represented an addendum of Cilic's struggles on American soil:
["620.8"]Miami Open Draw 2017: Will Rafael Nadal win his first Miami title ... | miami open draw 2017Chardy, meanwhile, has already angled his win absolute from a anniversary ago at Indian Wells afterwards he was bounced in Annular 2 by Dominic Thiem. He additionally bankrupt through adjoin one of the tour's top-ranked players for the aboriginal time in a year-and-a-half, as ATP Media Info acclaimed on Twitter:
The Frenchman will now accept a adventitious to add addition account to the win cavalcade aback he allotment to the cloister adjoin Italian Fabio Fognini—who defeated Joao Sousa on Friday.
Fognini has now won at atomic two matches in his aftermost three contest on tour, and he may be abreast for a third achievement at the Miami Open aback he's 2-0 lifetime adjoin Chardy dating aback to their aboriginal affair in 2014.
Elsewhere, Rafael Nadal raced into the third annular acknowledgment to a abrupt 6-3, 6-4 win over Dudi Sela.
As a result, Nadal will aboveboard off against Philipp Kohlschreiber with a atom in the fourth annular on the line. Kohlschreiber—who bare three sets to defeat American Taylor Fritz on Friday—will try to avenge some demons adjoin a amateur he artlessly hasn't been able to solve.
Dating aback to their aboriginal affair in 2007, Nadal has gone 13-1 against Kohlschreiber. Nadal has additionally won their aftermost bristles matches—including a brace of clashes aftermost season.
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Women's Draw
When comedy at the Miami Open was abeyant Thursday night due to abundant rain showers, No. 6 berry Garbine Muguruza appeared destined for a first-round exit.
American Christina McHale took the aboriginal set 6-0 and had army a quick 3-2 advance in the added set to put the Spaniard on the ropes.
However, the adeptness to blow and recharge brief clearly did wonders for Muguruza.
Although it wasn't pretty, the 23-year-old stood alpine and army a two-set improvement to annihilate McHale's agitated bit 0-6, 7-6(6), 6-4, as the WTA accurate on Twitter:
["562.6"]ATP / WTA NEWS - MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS DRAW FROM THE MIAMI OPEN ... | miami open draw 2017Indian Wells best Elena Vesnina, however, was not absolutely as fortunate.
Like Muguruza, Vesnina was additionally afforded a adventitious to ameliorate and put Thursday's woes abaft her afterwards she faced bout point against Ajla Tomljanovic afore the rain arrived.
And alike admitting Vesnina was able to avoid off bout point aback comedy resumed and breach for 4-5, Ajla Tomljanovic ultimately accepted stronger as she took home the absolute anatomy 7-5, via the WTA on Twitter:
One woman who banned to be agitated was No. 3 berry Simona Halep—who was able to avoid off a allegation from Naomi Osaka and book a atom in the third annular with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory.
"It's absolutely important that I could win this bout today," Halep said afterwards the win, per WTATennis.com. "I anticipate it was very, actual difficult to comedy adjoin her in the aboriginal bout actuality at the tournament, but I'm absolutely happy. I had no pain, I backward there two hours, fighting, active all over the place... so it's great."
The WTA provided a attending at highlights from Halep's win, complete with added post-match remarks:
["692.58"]EN DIRECTO: Sorteo del cuadro masculino del Miami Open 2017 | miami open draw 2017Next up for Halep is a antagonism with 21-year-old Anett Kontaveit afterwards she decidedly accomplished Ekaterina Makarova in three sets.
Kontaveit, who entered the Miami Open with one win to her name all season, will now accept a adventitious to agitate up the women's ancillary of the draw added if she can cull off a admiration and force Halep to clutter aback they accommodated in Annular 3.
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