Coco Gauff advanced at the Miami Open, Naomi Osaka was eliminated

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Third-seeded Coco Gauff overcame a first-set deficit to defeat Océane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open for the second time in her profession.

Gauff won 10 straight games after Dodin took a 4-2 lead in the first set, thanks partly to Dodin’s nine double faults at key moments.

Gauff has only one loss in her last 23 games in the United States. That loss got here earlier this month against Maria Sakkari in Indian Wells.

Gauff, who turned 20 on March 13, is the youngest American player to complete in the top three in Miami. The reigning U.S. Open champion from South Florida attended the event growing up and said winning the title there could be special.

“It would be really nice to win here at home,” said Gauff, who was born in Delray Beach, Florida. “I think the best part of winning here is that I can just go home with the trophy and not have to fly and pack. … And I’m a Dolphins fan, so maybe if I win here, they can win another Super Bowl trophy.”

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Gauff will face No. 27 Caroline Garcia, who defeated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Sunday in a match by which the pair combined for 28 aces. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, struggled despite playing a few of her best tennis of the season in Miami. On Saturday, she defeated Seventeenth-placed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 7-6 (5). It was her second victory over a top-20 opponent in her previous 4 matches.

In the remaining women’s matches, the top Iga Świątek took the lead from behind against number 31 Linda Nosková 6:7 (7), 6:4, 6:4; fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula defeated No. 35 Leylah Fernandez 7-5, 6-4 and advanced to the 1/8 finals for the third yr in a row; and No. 24 Sorana Cîrstea defeated Eleventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 6-2.

In the men’s game, last yr’s Miami Open runner-up and third-seeded Jannik Sinner rallied from losing the first set to defeat No. 26 Tallon Griekspoor 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 and advance to the fourth round. Light rain briefly interrupted play and Griekspoor led 7-5, 3-3, but Sinner took control of the match after the break.

Tomas Machac defeated Andy Murray 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5) in a match that lasted almost 3.5 hours. In the third set, Murray appeared to land awkwardly on his left ankle and immediately felt pain, but finished the match after briefly checking the ankle. Eighth-ranked Casper Ruud recorded the a hundredth hard court victory of his profession, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 6-4.