Filipina wildcard Eala stuns Swiatek, advances to semi-finals

The Philippines wildcard Alex-andra Eala pulled off the biggest win of her younger career with a 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(5) upset of Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open on Wednesday while Emma Raducanu's surprise run ended with a 4-6, 6-7(3/7), 6-2 quarter-final loss to Jessica Pegula.

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With the latter contest finishing close to 11.30pm, the men's quarter-final between Novak Djokovic and Sebastian Korda was pushed to yesterday under ATP rules aimed at avoiding matches dragging on into the early hours of the morning.

Explosive 19-year-old Eala showed no signs of being intimidated playing against one of her idols and was instead a picture of poise as she dismantled world No.2 Swiatek's serve early on and never looked back.

"I don't know what to say, I mean, complete just disbelief right now and I am on cloud nine," Eala said.

"It's forever in my heart." Swiatek, playing the match with added security after being verbally abused by a spectator at the weekend, failed to hold serve throughout the first set, while Eala was swinging freely as she unleashed winners from all over the court.

Five-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek received some advice from her coach briefly between leaving the court.

Eala overturned a 2-4 deficit in the second set and held her nerve when Swiatek was trying to serve it out at 5-4 before ultimately closing it out with her eighth break of the match.