Venus and Serena Williams remain on course for a blockbuster Miami Final, after both sisters came through their 4th rd encounters. Serena the record 7 times Champion, stormed past old foe Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, whilst 3 time winner Venus kept up her unbeaten record over Caroline Wozniacki, recording a 7th successive victory. In the men’s draw, Giant John Isner overcame Grigor Dimitrov in a tight first set breaker, before cruising past him in 2 sets.
Miami Masters: MS Day 5 Mon, 3rd rd
Isner bt Dimitrov: 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
Grigor Dimitrov was the unlucky victim, who had to face John Isner’s a barrage of booming aces and forehands and unfortunately for him, Isner came out on top.
As is usual in matches against Isner, a tie-break is inevitable. Surprise, surprise that exactly where Dimitrov found himself in the first set. The tie-break came and went in a flash, as Isner stormed through t take it by 7 points to 2.
The 2nd set was also over as quick as the opening set tie-break, as Isner tightened the screws and Dimitrov fell by the wayside. The American Giant going to record an easy win in the 2nd by 6-2.
Isner will now face Milos Raonic in the 4th round, after the Canadian came up trumps in a nailbiter 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), over Jeremy Chardy.
3rd rd results:
5-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat 31-Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-1 5-7 7-6(3)
18-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) 6-4 6-3
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 7-5 6-4
4-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat 32-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) 6-2 6-2
12-Gilles Simon (France) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-3 6-4
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-0 7-5
6-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 26-Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-5
WS Day 6 Mon, 4th rd:
Serena bt Kuznetsova: 6-2, 6-3
It seems there’s nothing that’ll stop Serena Williams, from winning an unprecedented 8th Miami Masters Title.
The two-times defending champion was in irresistible form against old foe- Svetlana Kuznsteova. Kuznetsova owns 2 out of 9 career wins over Serena, so was always going to be a dangerous opponent for Williams.
But Kuzi is a former shadow of the woman who beat Serena the French Open in 2009, on her way to winning her 2nd Grand Slam Crown.
Serena’s sheer raw power and heavy,weight of shot, was too much for the former World No2 in the opening set. ‘Re, Re’ easing her way to it by 6-2, before carrying on her dominance in the 2nd. Sveta was really scrambling for points and was run ragged around the court by Serena. Serena eventually put the Russian out of her misery and soon completed the win by 6-3, to set up a QF clash with her 2013 Wimbledon conqueror: Sabine Lisicki.
Venus bt Wozniacki: 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)
In tennis some players just don’t match up well with certain opponents. That’s definitely the case with Caroline Wozniacki, every time she play’s Venus Williams.
In 6 previous matches, she’s lost all 6 and won only 1 set- in the Final of Auckland this year. Venus’ raw power and flat, hitting always proving too much for the counter[-punching Dane.
In the first then then, the match went according to type, with Venus dictating play. Back to back breaks between the two, was the early going on, but from 3-3, Venus went away to take it by 6-3.
However in he 2nd set, Wozniacki took more risks and Venus’ form dropped slightly to allow Caro back in. Wozniacki dually obliged and broke to take a 5-3 lead. But Venus struck back and immediately clawed her way back to 5-5. Both Divas then exchanged breaks, before settling it in a tie-break.
Venus though regrouped just in time, to go and cruise through the breaker and seal victory easily by 7-1.
4th rd results:
3-Simona Halep (Romania) beat 15-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-3 7-5
27-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat 11-Sara Errani (Italy) 6-1 6-2
9-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat 8-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-1 7-5
14-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Daria Gavrilova (Russia) 6-3 6-2
12-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat 7-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 5-7 6-0 6-4
Sloane Stephens (U.S.) beat Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-4 7-6(5)
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 