19-year-old Alexandra Iyala of the Philippines, who entered the tournament as a wild card, entered the semi-finals by defeating the world’s second player Poland’s IGA Swiytech 6-2, 7-5 while reversing the world number two, while reversing the Miami Open Tennis tournament.
Ayala, ranked 140 in the world rankings, has become the first player in the country to reach the final-8 of the WTA 1000 tour tournament. He took advantage of Swiatech’s poor performance to carry forward his campaign. Iyala moved to Spain at the age of 13 and joined Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy in Malorca. The Philippine player will next face Jessica Pegula of America, who defeated Britain’s Emma Radukanu after a tough match. The match, ranked fourth in the world, lost 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2. The first semi -final of the women’s singles will be played between Aryana Sabalenco and Jasmine Paolini. In the second semi-finals, fourth seed Pegula and Iyala will face to face.
The campaign of Yuki Bhambri and Nuno Barges of India ended in the men’s doubles. Bhambri and Nunan lost 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 10-8 in the match against UK’s Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash.
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