World number 56 Quinn stuns Ruud at rain-hit Miami Open, Anisimova advances

[p]Rain disrupted early afternoon play several times at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, but could not stop [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quinn-ethan/fDEtnFgg/"]Quinn[/a], who saved seven set points in the second set on the way to victory after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/quinn-e-fDEtnFgg/ruud-c-zN9UpRqp/?mid=jZXeaVSG"]one hour and 52 minutes.[/a][/p][p]World number 56 Quinn, a 22-year-old former US college champion at Georgia, was coming off a Challenger title last week at Phoenix after a third-round exit at Indian Wells.[/p][p][b]Quinn saved three set points in the 12th game of the second set before holding to reach the tie-breaker.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruud-casper/zN9UpRqp/"]Ruud[/a] blasted the last of his eight aces to seize a 6-3 lead in the tie-breaker, and a third set was within his grasp before Quinn rallied, his penultimate ace lifting him within 6-5.[/p][p]Ruud served for a set, but Quinn smacked a forehand volley winner to pull level. Quinn's 13th ace denied Ruud on a seventh set point and knotted matters at 7-7.[/p][embed guid="d8ccb9a2-d2e9-49ff-ba7d-6eb5b889ef1f" url="https://x.com/MiamiOpen/status/2035105188692865045" social-type="twitter" /][p]A service winner gave Quinn his first lead of the tie-breaker, and Quinn advanced when Ruud swatted a forehand long.[/p][p][b]Quinn saved all six break points he faced, smashing 38 winners with 24 unforced errors to 27 winners and 16 unforced errors by Ruud.[/b][/p][h2]Anisimova & Mboko advance[/h2][p]On the women's side, American sixth seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anisimova-amanda/nwkutKbi/"]Amanda Anisimova[/a] outlasted Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tomljanovic-ajla/hAR7VtG4/"]Ajla Tomljanovic[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/anisimova-a-nwkutKbi/tomljanovic-a-hAR7VtG4/?mid=Q17WK13E"]6-1, 5-7, 6-4[/a] to reach the third round.[/p][p]Anisimova squandered a match point in the second set and led 5-2 in the third before the Aussie battled back, but Anisimova broke to capture the match after two hours and 12 minutes on a backhand down the line winner.[/p][p]Anisimova will next face either Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bucsa-cristina/fkFeyKHL/"]Cristina Bucsa[/a] or Ukraine's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starodubtsewa-yulia/GlqMuuhi/"]Yuliia Starodubtseva[/a].[/p][p]Romania's 35th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cirstea-sorana/fBPsm3Iq/"]Sorana Cirstea[/a] upset Czech 14th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cirstea-s-fBPsm3Iq/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/?mid=CGnwAuI8"]6-2, 3-6, 6-4.[/a][/p][p]Cirstea, 35, has said this will be her final WTA season. She won last month's Transylvania Open for her fourth tour crown.[/p][p]Canadian teen 10th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mboko-victoria/AqVez8TJ/"]Victoria Mboko[/a] ousted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blinkova-anna/f1PZMn7P/"]Anna Blinkova[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/blinkova-a-f1PZMn7P/mboko-v-AqVez8TJ/?mid=KKz3zZRr"]6-2, 6-0[/a], while Swiss 12th seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bencic-belinda/ObGlDvu0/"]Belinda Bencic[/a] also advanced to the third round with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bencic-b-ObGlDvu0/sonmez-z-vZ8lpjnM/?mid=M1jIR4qB"]6-3, 6-2[/a] victory over Turkey's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sonmez-zeynep/vZ8lpjnM/"]Zeynep Sonmez[/a].[/p][embed guid="45925379-cbc6-4bbc-847a-488c30ee3aba" url="https://x.com/MiamiOpen/status/2035088745641250987" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Top-ranked defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] will face 39th-ranked American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/li-ann/rwvAgOWm/"]Ann Li[/a] in a later afternoon match.[/b][/p][p]Reigning US Open champion Sabalenka, a four-time Grand Slam champion from Belarus, seeks her 24th WTA title and third of the year after lifting trophies at Brisbane and Indian Wells.[/p][p]Reigning French Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] advanced to the third round of the WTA and ATP Miami Open on Friday, rallying to defeat Italy's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cocciaretto-elisabetta/pA0aW3EL/"]Elisabetta Cocciaretto[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cocciaretto-e-pA0aW3EL/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=b9npQODj"]3-6, 6-4, 6-3[/a].[/p][p]Rain disrupted early afternoon play several times at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, before American fourth seed Gauff fought back to reach the third round.[/p][p]"[b]The last time we played I didn't win, so I just wanted to overcome that feeling,[/b]" said Gauff, who fell to the Italian last month in Doha.[/p][p]It was Gauff's first match since she retired in the middle of a third-round match 12 days ago at Indian Wells with a "scary" left arm injury.[/p][p]"[b]It has been a tough week[/b]," Gauff said. "[b]I think it made me realize how much I love this sport and love playing it[/b]."[/p][p]Cocciaretto, ranked 44th, broke for a 4-3 lead in the first set on a cross-court backhand winner.[/p][p]The Italian saved a break point in the eighth game and broke again in the ninth on a forehand winner to take the first set.[/p][p]"[b]She takes the ball so early, you don't have a lot of time to react,[/b]" Gauff said of her success on longer rallies. "[b]Today, once I got adjusted to the tempo of play I was able to control the rallies when they went the distance.[/b]"[/p][p]After an early exchange of breaks in the second set, Gauff broke for a 5-4 lead when Cocciaretto hit a forehand long and then held serve for the set.[/p][p]In the third, Gauff netted a forehand to surrender a break and give Cocciaretto a 2-0 lead.[/p][p]But the American broke back in the third game and took a 3-2 edge when Cocciaretto sent a backhand long.[/p][p]Gauff broke in the ninth game for the victory in two hours and 15 minutes, converting her third match point when the Italian sent a forehand long.[/p][p]Gauff advanced to a third-round match against American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parks-alycia/Uwhd6a1e/"]Alycia Parks[/a], who ousted Greece's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sakkari-maria/KjsokFUj/"]Maria Sakkari[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/parks-a-Uwhd6a1e/sakkari-m-KjsokFUj/?mid=EL0pVyqJ"]6-3, 6-3[/a].[/p][p]In the night session, men's top seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] opens after a first-round bye against Brazil's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fonseca-joao/tv073LUc/"]Joao Fonseca[/a], with both expected to draw huge fan support.[/p][p]The 22-year-old Spaniard, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, is 16-1 on the season with titles at Doha and the Australian Open.[/p][p]Women's world number two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a], the reigning Australian Open champion who lost last weekend's Indian Wells final to Sabalenka, later faces 75th-rated Kazakhstan compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putintseva-yulia/W2BCKjLQ/"]Yulia Putintseva[/a].[/p][p][b]Follow the men's side in Miami [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/miami/"]here[/a], and the women's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/miami/"]here[/a].[/b][/p]