Qinwen Zheng knocked off Madison Keys and said this about her new second coach Marcos Baghdatis: “I really wish we can work well together but we are still in the trial period time. And I just want to keep focus on my match and let’s go for next round.”
The Queen on what she missed about being on tour: “I think it’s nice to compete with all the girls… My body likes pressure. During this six months when I’m without pressure, I feel my life is so boring, honestly so boring without tennis.”
Sebastian Korda scored the best win of his career and three set upset of Carlos Alcaraz who revealed his short term plans: “Well, I don’t know. I don’t know. Probably I’m going to go back home, which I’m just looking forward to, stay chilling with my family, with my friends. A couple of days. I don’t know how much they, my team, are going to allow me to have rest and days off. And all of a sudden you just go back on track, go back on the court. The clay season is around the corner and I have really good tournaments that I’m excited about playing there. My mind right now is to take some days off, reset my mind, reset batteries and be ready and in a good state for the clay season.”
One long time observer of tennis speculated Carlos may have subconsciously tanked as there is no motive to kill himself to win Miami when the next big goal is Roland Garros. This shocker makes the Lacoste sponsored player in the final theory more plausible. Lacoste is a major sponsor of Miami Open. Lacoste players Fils and Medvedev remain alive in the draw.
Perhaps the most shocking illogical head to head rivalry is Tsitsipas 12-1 deMinaur. The Greek beat the Aussie 63 76 in the second round in Miami.
After winning his second ever Masters 1000 match, Rafael Jodar also just met Queen Sofia of Spain behind the bleachers of the stadium court.
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