A 2025 Miami tennis tournament on the 21st Beijing time broke out a big upset! After 1 hour and 50 minutes of fierce battle, the American Black Mark Ruger finally defeated Kazakhstan's 7th seed Rybakina 6:4, 2:6, 6:4, advancing to the third round of the women's singles and achieving the first career victory against the Top 10.
Kazakhstan's 7th seed, Rybakina
The 20-year-old Kruger, known as "Little Rybakina" by fans, is a tall blonde and blue-eyed female player, the former is 1.85 meters tall and the latter is also 1.83 meters, and the style of play is dominated by clean, destructive powerful serve and baseline volley. Kruger, who is currently ranked 40th in the world women's singles, has faced six consecutive defeats and one set against the top 10 masters, but now she withstood Rybakina's ferocious attack of 22 consecutive points on serve, and after being forced into the deciding set, she broke serve in the crucial fifth game and blocked the counterattack of a strong opponent to win the biggest victory so far, "I know she serves well, so I can only do everything to get into the match." ”
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon Women's Singles champion and back-to-back finalists in Miami since the year before, is now a two-time runner-up in the first round of the tournament, but was unexpectedly eliminated in the second round.