World number 6 Paula Badosa beat 16-year-old Czech player Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarter final at the Miami Open.
Badosa has advanced to her third quarter final of the season after winning the title in Sydney and reaching the semifinal at Indian Wells. The Spanish player produced her previous best result in Miami last year, when she reached the third round.
Badosa converted five of her six break points and saved five of the six break points she faced on her serve. She hit 19 winners to 17 unforced errors.
World number 279 Fruhvirtova earned her first break to take a 2-0 lead in the second set. Badosa broke straight back, before breaking serve for the second time. The 2021 Indian Wells closed out the match after 1 hour and 22 minutes.
“Today was a very tough day for me. I did not wake up feeling very well, so I didn’t know if I would be able to finish the match. I always say I want to be a fighter no matter what so that’s what I did today. I kept fighting and I don’t really know how I won, but I am very happy”, said Badosa.
Fruhvirtova became the youngest woman to reach the Round of 16 at the Miami Open since Tatiana Golovin in 2004. The Czech player was the first under 17-year-old woman to win three main draw matches at a WTA 1000 tournament since Coco Gauff in Dubai last year.
Badosa will face Jessica Pegula, who secured her spot in the quarter final after Anhelina Kalinina retired down 0-6. Pegula has not dropped a set en route to the fifth WTA 1000 quarter final of her career.
