Shocks continued at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú on Saturday, with the elimination of Coco Gauff, Beatrice Haddad Maia and Victoria Azarenka, while Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Magda Linette and Zheng Qinwen all advanced to the Round of 16. The post Miami | More shocks as Pegula and Rybakina progress into Last 16 appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz opened the defence of his Miami Open Masters’ crown with a dominating and comprehensive 6-0 6-2 win over Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis. The post Miami | Alcaraz cruises through but Zverev crashes out appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

It wasn’t quite the way Iga Swiatek wanted to debut her new clothing deal, but the World No 1 was clad in On when she talked to the press about having to pull out of the Miami Open due to a rib injury. The post Miami | Swiatek switches to On kit appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Americans prevailed in the top half of the draw at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú on Thursday as Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins and Claire Liu reached the 3rd-round, while the only seed to fall was Daria Kasatkina at the hands of Elise Mertens. The post Miami | Americans charge into round 3 as Mertens takes out Kasatkina appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The WTA is facing further backlash as Lesia Tsurenko’s coach, Nikita Vlasov, calls out the organisation’s superficial measures to protect Ukrainians as insensitive amid the on-going Russian invasion of Ukraine. The post Ukraine | WTA slammed again… hate, and Putin & Xi support IOC pathway appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

British tennis had a bad day at the office on Wednesday as Andy Murray, following a promising start to the season, crashed out to Dusan Lajovic in the opening round of the Miami Open, the second Masters of the year which, with last fortnight’s Indian Wells event, makes up the ‘Sunshine Double.’ The post Miami | Murray suffers surprise defeat appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Italy’s Camila Giorgi overcame Kaia Kanepi from Estonia on Tuesday in the Miami Open presented by Itaú 1st-round after 3 hours and 32 minutes, tied for the longest main-draw match of the WTA season so far, while qualifiers marched past direct entries to complete the running in round 2 for the top half of the WTA 1000 draw. The post Miami | Giorgi outlasts Kanepi as qualifiers charge into main draw R2 appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

The men’s Miami Open Masters gets under way Wednesday with two former champions in action, namely Andy Murray and John Isner. The post Miami | Murray leads British challenge appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

Martina Navratilova, the winner of 59 Grand Slam titles and much loved television commentator, told Piers Morgan in an interview that she is cancer-free, months after discovering that she had stage 1 throat and breast cancer. The post New York | Cleared – Navratilova is cancer-free appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more

After the disappointment of Indian Wells, World No 1 Iga Swiatek is trying to reset ahead of starting her title defence at the Miami Open presented by Itaú, the main draw of which starts on Tuesday, the Pole having won in Florida to complete last year’s Sunshine Double as part of her 37-match winning streak, the longest run of the 2000s. The post Miami | Preview: Raducanu draws Andreescu as the world’s best vie for WTA 1000 honours  appeared first on Tennis Threads Magazine ..read more