The Czech star is looking forward to regaining his heroic performance at the beginning of the season. After winning the championship in Sydney and reaching the Australian Open final, she returned to the second place in the world, and later reached the final in Dubai. However, the difficult signing at Indian Wells station slowed Kvitova's progress. She lost three games in a row in the first game and lost to the resilient Williams. After moving to Miami, the two-time Wimbledon champion rallied and eliminated Sakali, who had been a threat in the first game, becoming the first player to advance to the top 32.
"I haven't played Maria (Sakari) before. In fact, we haven't even trained together. So I really don't know what to expect when playing. " Kvitova told the media after the game, "It is difficult to meet players who have never played before. You need time to adapt to her style and find out what she is good at and what her shortcomings are ... I think I did a good job today. "
Then she added, "I didn't play well in the game between Indian Wells and Venus, and I've been waiting for the chance to play ever since. I have been training for a while, but when it comes to the game, the situation will become unpredictable again. I am very happy to start well today and win the game smoothly. "
Sakari's serve today was quite low, which gave Kvitova enough opportunities to attack the weak second serve of the Greeks, who broke the serve early and established a 3-0 lead from the beginning. Not long after, the second place in the world made a double serve, further expanding its advantage to 5- 1, and then successfully won the serve and won the first place as expected.
However, in the second set, Sakari's condition improved obviously, and gradually showed her strength of being on the 29th. She took the lead in conquering her opponent's serve with a series of fierce serve, and gained the upper hand with 2-0.
However, Kvitova did not fall into a panic, but played a wave of attacks that won four games in a row. With two consecutive breaks, she overtook the score 4-2. Once again, the Greek girl was stumped by the unstable serve. She served double fault four times, three of which came from the second set.
At the end of the match, Sakari saved a match point with forehand fire when he was 3-5 behind, but he never saw any chance to break. Kvitova didn't waste the serve to win the game, and it took 70 minutes to finish the battle.
Kvitova also refreshed the number of wins in the season to 18 and continued to lead all WTA players. At present, she is tied for the top spot with Andre Lescu, champion of New Indian Wells Station, who staged a surprising reversal in the first round and defeated Romanian Begu for the second time in a row.
This week, the Czech has another motivation: if she can reach the final of this station for the first time, she will be expected to reach the top of the world.
Next, Kvitova will wait for the winner between Tommo and No.26 seed Vicky.
19 seed Garcia swept away this year's downturn, resisted the opponent's counterattack in the second set, and finally defeated Zarenka, a three-time champion, 6-3 6-4, and successfully reached the top 32.
Garcia has never broken through the third round in Miami before. After beating the former world number one in 96 minutes, the French girl rewrote her record against two Australian Open champions to two wins, and also had a chance to refresh her best record.
"You really don't have much choice against a player like Vika." Garcia said in the post-match press conference, "Maybe she didn't reach the top of the world at that time, but she is still a very great player. I watched her match with Serena in Indian Wells, and both of them were amazing. "
"I have to give my best play, which is what I tried to do when I played against her. Although it is a straight set every time, the situation is very fierce, but only a few key points determine the outcome. "
The overall performance of French famous players is relatively stable, with an average of 15 winning points and unforced errors, and five of the nine break points win. In contrast, although the top four scored 17 last year, the number of active mistakes doubled to 35 times.
Next, Garcia will face 15 seed Goerges, who eliminated Slovak Lebalikau 6-4 7-5.
"She plays very powerfully," Garcia commented. "Her serve and forehand stroke are excellent. She can keep you three meters away from the ball, you can't catch it at all. It's always challenging to compete with her. Try to score in her serve and try to get all the balls back. I like this challenge. "
19 seeds sprang up like mushrooms after rain, suppressed the performance of the former world number one through the deep bottom line attack, and broke early to establish a 2-0 start. Her forehand firepower continued to escalate, and she soon broke through her opponent's defense again, expanding her advantage to 4-0.
At the end of the set, Zarenka finally found his own rhythm, but still wasted a chance to break. Garcia had a 5-0 lead before changing sides. The Belarusian finally broke the embarrassment of zero on the scoreboard in the next match, and Garcia's series of hasty mistakes also led to her failure to win the serve.
After two games, the French got a second chance with 5-3. This time, she once held three counts with 40-0. Zarenka stubbornly resisted and scored four wonderful points in a row in backhand position, bringing out the break point this time. However, Garcia solved the crisis with a strong serve, winning three points in a row and then going to the next city.
Garcia took the lead again because Zarenka sent double fault out at the break point in the third set of the second set. However, the former world number one player quickly launched a counterattack and forced Garcia's mistake with a backhand, thus tying the score to 3-3.
The Frenchman relied on the strong performance of receiving and sending to complete the break again, but then fell into eight equally divided marathons, which took 14 minutes, and finally ended in an amazing straight line by Zarenka, who continued to chase after him 4-4.
However, the efforts of the two-time Grand Slam winner were wasted at the last minute. Garcia showed strong defensive ability, broke the ball again and won the serve 5-4. Garcia didn't give his opponent any chance this time. As Zarenka returned the ball out of bounds, he got the match point, and finally succeeded in cashing it through forehand fire, which also won this hard-won victory.
In the other round, former US Open champion Stosur defeated 17 seed Keith 6-4 4-6 6-4, winning the third consecutive victory over the latter, and it was also the first time that she defeated the TOP20 player since the Hong Kong stop of 20 17.
She will compete with 12 seed and compatriot Batty for the former 16 seat, and the latter will win the Ukrainian 00-year-old Astreska 6-4 6- 1.
The only previous confrontation between the two sides took place in 20 17 Miami, and Stosur won two sets.
In the remaining first round of the day, Kong Di, the champion of the 20 17 championship, once played an attack wave of eight consecutive victories. It took 67 minutes to beat local player Pegula 6- 1 6-4 and successfully advanced.
She will face 18 seed Wang Qiang in the second round. The only match between the two sides came from Shenzhen Station on 20 16, and Miss China won in three sets.