KEY BISCAYNE – For only the fifth time in the tournament’s three-decade history, an unseeded player has reached the women’s quarterfinals of the Miami Open.

Sloane Stephens, who hails from nearby Fort Lauderdale, knocked off Belinda Becic of Switzerland 6-4 7-6 (5) to advance Monday at Crandon Park Tennis Center. The match, a battle between two of the WTA’s talented young players in the 22-year-old Stephens and 18-year-old Bencic, took two hours and seven minutes to finish.

Por apenas quinta ocasion en el torneo en mas de tres décadas de historia, una jugadora no preclasficada se mete en cuartos de final de la rama femenina…

se trata de la Estadounidense Sloane Stephens quien supero a Belinda beis de Suiza 6-4 y 7-6, partido que enfrento a dos de las mas talentosas jugadoras de la WAT Stephens de 22 años y Bencic de 18, durante 2 horas y 7 minutos….los emparejamientos de cuartos de final quedaron asi…

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