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Filipino 19-year-old Alexandra Eala stunned Australian Open winner Madison Keys 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 32 at the Miami Open on Sunday.<br><br>Eala, in the field as a wild card, had won just three WTA 1000-level matches in her young career before taking down the fifth-seeded Keys in one hour and 27 minutes.<br><br>Keys hit five aces to Eala's one but also committed four double faults. Eala pushed Keys to break point 13 times, converting six of them.<br><br>Eala also had a more consistent first serve, winning 58.5 percent of those points (24 of 41) while Keys scored on 46.3 percent (19 of 41).<br><br>Eala's next opponent will be No | Filipino 19-year-old Alexandra Eala stunned Australian Open winner Madison Keys 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 32 at the Miami Open on Sunday.<br><br>Eala, in the field as a wild card, had won just three WTA 1000-level matches in her young career before taking down the fifth-seeded Keys in one hour and 27 minutes.<br><br>Keys hit five aces to Eala's one but also committed four double faults. Eala pushed Keys to break point 13 times, converting six of them.<br><br>Eala also had a more consistent first serve, winning 58.5 percent of those points (24 of 41) while Keys scored on 46.3 percent (19 of 41).<br><br>Eala's next opponent will be No. 10 seed Paula Badosa of Spain, who topped No. 20 seed Clara Tauson of Denmark 6-3, 7-6 (3).<br><br>No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland battled through a tight first set to defeat No. 27 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 7-6 (2), 6-1.<br><br>Swiatek lost a 5-2 lead in the first set and fell behind on the opening point of the tiebreaker before taking control of the match. She saved 4 of 6 break points she faced while converting 5 of 6 chances to break Mertens.<br><br>"In the first set, my serve wasn't working perfectly," Swiatek said in her on-court interview. "I'm glad I was patient enough to just work for it, and in the second set I felt much better."<br><br>Swiatek's Round of 16 opponent is No. 22 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, who fought past Czech 15th seed Karolina Muchova 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.<br><br>No. If you loved this article and you would like to acquire more info relating to [https://daotaotiengbalantructuyen.edu.vn/2025/04/16/1623-tong-quan-du-an-the-prive-kien-tao-khong-gian-song-dang-cap/ DỰ ÁN QUẬN 2] kindly check out our own web site. 23 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine needed just 58 minutes to breeze past Russia's Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-1.<br><br>Three more matches were on the docket for the late afternoon and evening: No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula against Russian No. 32 seed Anna Kalinskaya; Emma Raducanu of Great Britain against McCartney Kessler; and 11th seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia, last week's champion at Indian Wells, against No. 17 Amanda Anisimova.<br><br>--Field Level Media | ||