No.2 seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula on Sunday became the first all-American duo to win the Miami Open doubles title in 22 years after defeating Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend 7-6(6), 6-2 in the final.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek along with Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka top the entry list for the Miami Open 2023, which begins March 21 at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Rybakina produced a sublime game, defeating World No. 1 Swiatek 6-4, 6-4 in a match which lasted for an hour and a half to make her first Australian Open quarterfinal.
In the pre-quarters, Swiatek will take on last season's Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who defeated the previous year's runners-up Danielle Collins 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in their third-round match-up
Gauff won the match by a comfortable margin of 6-4, 7-6(4). She will be facing Bernarda Pera in her next, with the winner of the clash advancing to the pre-quarters stage of the tournament.
No.7 seed Coco Gauff opened her 2023 Australian Open campaign with a straight-set triumph over the Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova here at the Rod Laver Arena on Monday. The 18-year-old American advanced to the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.
World No.7 Coco Gauff produced a dominating performance to clinch her first title of the season at the ASB Classic, as she defeated Span's Rebeka Masarova in Sunday's final in Auckland, New Zealand.