And then Linda, 17, exited with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 loss against qualifier Katherine Sebov, who now meets No. First Brenda, who turns 16 on April 2, lost the initial nine games of a 6-0, 7-5 loss to Wang Xiyu. It was a rough afternoon for the Czech teenage sisters Brenda and Linda Fruhvirtova. Women’s matches in the main draw began Tuesday the men start Wednesday. She’ll next face 14th-seeded Victoria Azarenka, a three-time champion in Miami and two-time winner at the Australian Open.Īll seeded players at the hard-court tournament received first-round byes. Giorgi finally ended things on her next chance with a cross-court forehand winner. Kanepi saved one match point at 5-3, another at 5-4 and another in the concluding tiebreaker. But after dropping just two of her initial 15 service games, the Italian got broken twice in a row while serving for the victory at 5-1 and 5-3 in the third set. In the third set, Kanepi was not moving well, and Giorgi raced to a big edge.

The players combined for 30 aces – 19 by Kanepi, who also had seven double-faults. The match lasted 3 hours, 32 minutes, tying for the longest on the WTA Tour this season.

– Camila Giorgi hit 14 double-faults, blew a 5-0 lead in the final set and needed four match points before finally pulling out a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) victory against Kaia Kanepi in the first round of the Miami Open.

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