Osaka advances in Miami Open; Andreeva ‘stays off social media’
Naomi Osaka advances in the Miami Open on Tuesday, while Mirra Andreeva vowed to stay off social media as she returns to action.
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OSAKA ADVANCES IN MIAMI OPEN AFTER RALLYING TO BEAT STARODUBTSEVA
Osaka advances after she rallied to beat Yuliia Starodubtseva, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Furthermore, the 27-year-old Japanese world No.50 overcame an opening set loss and a 2-4 deficit in the second set to pull it off.
Moreover, Osaka welcomed a longer time on the court than usual to advance beyond the opening round in South Florida.
“I knew that I wasn’t playing too well, but I thought, let me try to stay on the court as long as possible because I consider Miami my home,” Osaka said.
” I was going to run into every corner if I had to, and we were going to have to play for three hours if she was going to beat me,” she added.
NAOMI OUT FOR A DEEPER RUN AFTER EARLY EXITS IN MELBOURNE, INDIAN WELLS
Osaka is out to get a deeper run in Miami, which considers her second home, after early exits at the Australian Open and Indian Wells.
Moreover, the Japanese former world No.1 pulled out from her third-round match in Melbourne in January due to an abdominal strain.
Furthermore, she still found no luck at the BNP Paribas Open, where she lost in the opening round.
“(In Indian Wells) I was just over-hitting a lot, so I tried to use my legs,” Osaka said.
She will next face No.24 seeed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia on Thursday, with the two players splitting their two head-to-head matchups.
ANDREEVA TO ‘STAY OFF THE SOCIAL MEDIA’ TO FOCUS IN MIAMI AFTER INDIAN WELLS’ WIN
Andreeva vowed to “stay off the social media” to focus in Miami after her Indian Wells’ title,.
Furthermore, the 17-year-old Russian world No.6 flew to Miami on Monday, a day after she won the BNP Paribas Open final over world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Moreover, the teenage sensation had no time to celebrate her second WTA title.
She sets her sights on a “Sunshine Double” b y ruling South Florida.
“Of course, I’m super excited and super pumped to be playing this tournament for the first time,” Andreeva said.
“I would say that I just kind of stay off the social media. So, I don’t really see anything or see what people are talking about,” she added.
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