The bottom half of third-round matches completed on Sunday at the Miami Open and it was mostly a day of upsets, with the exceptions of Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova surviving in three sets.
The second-seeded Halep this week has a chance to earn a return to the No.1 ranking and on Sunday she overcame a giant obstacle in Polona Hercog, 5-7 7-6(1) 6-2. The Romanian’s technique? “Running like crazy for three hours.”
The fifth-seeded Pliskova also had a hard time, rallying to beat Alize Cornet 6-7(3) 6-1 6-4.