Top seed Naomi Osaka loses in third round at Miami; Serena Williams withdraws Globe_Sports
Taiwan's Su-Wei Hshieh shakes hands with Naomi Osaka of Japan after defeating the top-seeded Osaka 4-6, 7-6 , 6-3 in third-round play at the Miami Open on March 23.The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power.
Osaka’s departure matched the earliest ever in the tournament by a top-seeded woman and jeopardized her No. 1 ranking, depending on results next week.“I feel like I’ve dealt with the stress of people asking me do I have pressure because I have the No. 1 next to my name,” Osaka said. “I thought I was doing fine with that, but I guess I’m not.”
The victory Friday was Williams’ first at Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Dolphins’ home and the Miami Open’s new centre court. The tournament moved this year from Key Biscayne, where Williams won eight titles. On the men’s side, seeded losers included No. 10 Karen Khachanov, No. 21 Diego Schwartzman, No. 26 Guido Pella, No. 30 Stan Wawrinka and No. 31 Steve Johnson. In a game of inches, the 5-foot-6 Schwartzman lost to 6-foot-11 Reilly Opelka 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.Also reaching the women’s round of 16 was the 33-year-old Hsieh, who turned pro in 2001 but has achieved the two biggest victories of her career in the past nine months. Her only other win over a No.
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