Miami Open: Poland’s Linette enters women’s doubles semifinals

Poland’s Magda Linette and Bernarda Pera of the United States have advanced to the semifinals of the women’s doubles competition at the Miami Open tennis tournament in the US state of Florida.

Magda Linette

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The Pole and the American dispatched Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina, 6-3, 7-6, in their quarterfinal clash on Tuesday.

Sealing the deal in STYLE 🤩@MagdaLinette & @bernarda_pera edge past Begu/Kalinina 6-3, 7-6(5) to reach the last four in Miami! #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/Q71exaX5Xl

— wta (@WTA) March 28, 2023

Up next for the Polish player and her US doubles partner at the Miami Open are Canadian Leylah Fernandez and American Taylor Townsend.

🎾Magda Linette w parze z Amerykanką Bernardą Pera zagrają o finał tenisowego turnieju w Miami.

Polka 🇵🇱 ma szanse na trzeci tytuł deblowy w karierze w cyklu WTAhttps://t.co/flaBxROD2i

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) March 29, 2023

In the women's singles, Linette was knocked out of the Miami Open in the fourth round on Monday by Jessica Pegula of the United States. The 30-year-old Pole lost 1-6, 5-7.

In the men's singles, meanwhile, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz was eliminated in the third round by France's Adrian Mannarino, 6-7, 6-7.

The 2023 Miami Open runs until April 2.

Poland's world No. 1 Iga Świątek, last year's Miami Open women's singles champion, has withdrawn from the tournament due to a rib injury.

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Source: PAP