Yesterday, fifth seed Andrey Rublev became the highest-ranked player to be eliminated from the tournament. He lost to Tomas Machac 4-6, 4-6 in the second round on Friday, one of the few matches of the day to be completed. Among the women, Arina Sabalenko, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced further, but Anstasia Potapova had already been eliminated. Several Russians will also play on the fifth day.
Karen Khachanov – Laszlo Gyore
After a positive start to the year, Khachanov seems to have encountered difficulties. Since winning the Qatar Open title last month, he has lost in the second round of the Dubai Open and the Indian Wells Masters.
Diere defeated Coleman Wong in the first round of the Miami Open, 7-5, 7-6 (3). It was his third victory of the year. It was also the Serbian’s first victory on hard court this season.
As for personal encounters, Khachanov has excellent stats against Dier. He won the previous three meetings in straight sets. Despite the fact that the Russian is going through a difficult period in the season, he should be able to get through it by beating the Serbian.
Forecast: victory of Karen Khachanov.
Anna Kalinskaya – Elena Ostapenko
Ostapenko defeated Laura Siegemund in the second round in Miami with a score of 7-6 (3), 6-4. It was a decent performance, but Elena’s delivery gave her problems at times.
Kalinskaya made easy work of Wang Xiyu in the second round, beating her 6-2, 6-2. She never gave up her serve during the match. The Russian has a perfect 2-0 record against Ostapenko and has already beaten her once this year. Their paths crossed last month in Dubai, where Kalinskaya defeated the Latvian in the 1/8 finals, then eliminated Gauff, Swiatek and lost to Paolini only in the final.
Ostapenko’s results deteriorated after a good start to the season. If she manages to improve her game, she will be able to emerge victorious, otherwise the Russian will advance to the 1/8 finals.
Forecast: victory of Anna Kalinskaya.
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