The seventh racket of the world, Czech Karolina Pliskova, in three sets, defeated Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, occupying the 53rd line of the WTA rating, with a score of 6/7 (3), 6/1, 6/4 in the third round of the Miami tournament.
The meeting lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. During this time, the 27-year-old Pliskova completed nine aces, made a mistake three times in filing and sold five break points, and the 29-year-old Cornet filed three times, made six double mistakes and made two breaks.
Now the score in personal meetings was 3: 1 in favor of the Czech. The next rival of Plishkova at the Miami Open competition will be the representative of Kazakhstan Yuliya Putintseva.