Miami Open 2023: Jessica Pegula crushes Magda Linette to reach last eight, Martina Trevisan celebrates career landmark

Jessica Pegula saw off Magda Linette in straight sets to cruise into the Miami Open quarter-finals, while Martina Trevisan celebrated reaching the last eight of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career after defeating Jelena Ostapenko. Third seed Pegula has hit a strong streak of form on home soil, her victory over Linette coming hot on the heels of straight-sets wins against Katherin Sebov and Danielle Collins as the American bids to win her first title of the season.

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The third seed immediately responded by breaking back to finish off a commanding first-set performance, but she was broken early in the second as Linette looked to launch a fight back. Break number two soon arrived and Linette pulled 5-2 in front and looked to be strolling towards taking the second set comfortably, but Pegula dug deep to clinch two breaks in a row either side of a hold to level things up at 5-5.

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