Women’s bracket will not have top 3 in the quarterfinals for the 2nd time

Miami (USA) – For only the second time since the current format of the women’s circuit came into force in 2009, the WTA 1000 in Miami will not have any of the top three placed in the rankings in the quarterfinals. This will occur due to the elimination of Polish Iga Swiatek and North American Coco Gauff in the round of 16, after Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka had to leave in the third round of the tournament.

The only time this had happened was in 2018, when the trio formed by Romanian Simona Halep (third round), Danish Caroline Wozniacki (second round) and Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza (round of 16) was eliminated before the second to last stage of the competition. . That year, the champion was the North American Sloane Stephens, who was ranked 12th, beating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, then number 5, in the final.

In 2024, the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (16th), the North American Jessica Pegula (5th), the French Caroline Garcia (27th), the also American Danielle Collins (53rd), the Greek Maria Sakkari (9th) are still alive in the title race. , Kazakhs Elena Rybakina (4th) and Yulia Putintseva (68th) and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (32nd). Coincidentally, Vika and Collins were also in the top 8 of the Miami tournament six years ago and reached the semifinals.