Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Jaqueline Cristian — R32 — Miami Open

Jaqueline Cristian, ranked 36th, knocked out 11th-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 in their first meeting, and the second serve carried it: Cristian won 49% of those points to Alexandrova's 37%, the gap that swung the closing tiebreak. The third set traded four straight breaks from game 8 through 12 before Cristian held in the breaker. Alexandrova's six double faults to two didn't help, undercutting a week that had started with a tidy win over Tagger.