Anisimova ends Andreeva streak to enter round 16

Amanda Anisimova snapped Mirra Andreeva’s 13-match winning streak with a gripping 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3 victory in the third round of the Miami Open on Sunday night.

In a showdown between two of this season’s top players, No. 17 seed Amanda Anisimova outlasted World No. 6 Mirra Andreeva in a grueling 2-hour, 49-minute battle. The win marked the 10th Top 10 victory of her career.

The third-round encounter was a matchup between the only two players who have won WTA 1000 titles this season. Anisimova was an unseeded titlist at this year’s first WTA 1000 event, the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha.

After that, it was Andreeva who dominated the next two WTA 1000 events, winning Dubai and Indian Wells back-to-back. The 17-year-old was eyeing a shot at becoming the first teenager to ever pull off the Sunshine Double.

Anisimova will now take on a resurgent Emma Raducanu for a spot in the quarterfinals. The 2021 US Open champion Raducanu advanced past an injured McCartney Kessler in their third-round match.

Raducanu, a former World No. 10, is on a roll in Miami, including a strong win over Emma Navarro in the second round. This week marks the first time Raducanu has won three consecutive matches at a Hologic WTA Tour or Grand Slam event since last year’s Wimbledon.

Emma Raducanu and Amanda Anisimova first met earlier this year at the Australian Open, where Raducanu scored a 6-3, 7-5 win in the second round.