Miami Open Masters 2022 Results: Jessica Pegula's Win and Wednesday's Highlights

The 2022 Miami Open continued on Wednesday with a total of four quarterfinal matches between the men's and women's singles brackets. 

This has been a tournament of upsets, especially in the women's bracket. Iga Swiatek is the only top-10 seed still standing.

No. 22 seed Belinda Bencic and unseeded Naomi Osaka had already clinched spots in the semifinals thanks to their victories on Tuesday.

Jessica Pegula, who is seeking her second career WTA singles title, had an easier-than-expected day in her quarterfinal match. She advanced to the semifinal when Paula Badosa retired five games into the first set on Wednesday.

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Women's Quarterfinals

No. 16 Jessica Pegula def. No. 5 Paula Badosa: 4-1 (Retired)

No. 2 Iga Swiatek def. No. 28 Petra Kvitova: 6-3, 6-3

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Men's Quarterfinals

Francisco Cerundolo def. No. 9 Jannik Sinner: 4-1 (Retired)

No. 6 Casper Ruud def. No. 2 Alexander Zverev: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

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Iga Swiatek def. Petra Kvitova

Swiatek is on her way to the semifinals after a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Petra Kvitova in a match that only took 77 minutes to complete. 

The Polish star was fantastic when Kvitova was on serve. She had seven break-point opportunities, and converted three of them. Her third break point came in the final game to win the match. 

Swiatek is playing some of the best tennis of her young career. The 20-year-old has won 15 consecutive matches dating back to the Qatar Open and has improved her record to 20-3 overall this season. 

Kvitova played well in the first set. She had three of her four aces in the opener, but her inability to convert when Swiatek was returning her serve cost her the match. 

This was Kvitova's second appearance in a tournament quarterfinal all season. The 32-year-old previously lost to Jelena Ostapenko at the Dubai Duty Free Championships last month after beating No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the second round. 

Looking ahead to the semifinal, Swiatek will take on Pegula for a spot in the championship match. This is will be the second head-to-head meeting between the two. Pegula beat Swiatek in the second round at the 2019 Citi Open. 

Jessica Pegula def. Paula Badosa

Badosa came into the match dealing with an illness. She said in an on-court interview after her fourth-round victory over Linda Fruhvirtova on Monday that she was under the weather.

"Today was a very tough day for me," Badosa said. "I didn’t wake up feeling very well so I didn’t know if I would be able to finish the match. I always say I want to be a fighter no matter what so that’s what I did today. I kept fighting and I don’t really know how I won. But I’m very happy."

There wasn't initially any indication that Badosa was still sick. The Spanish star took the first game by breaking Pegula's serve to open the match.

Things immediately turned in Pegula's favor from that point on. She broke Badosa's serve and at one point took 12 of 13 points en route to winning four straight games.

Following a brief consultation with a trainer, Badosa conceded the match. She would have moved up to No. 2 in the WTA rankings if she had been able to reach the semifinals in Miami.

It's hard to make any sweeping judgments about Pegula's run to the semifinal. This is the second consecutive match she has won because her opponent had to retire. Anhelina Kalinina conceded the fourth-round match after losing 6-0 in the first set on Monday.

Pegula has yet to drop a set in the tournament, but she's only played two full matches thus far. She beat Sloane Stephens and Elena Rybakina to reach the fourth round.

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Francisco Cerundolo def. Jannik Sinner

The first men's singles match of the day ended in the exact same way as the Pegula-Badosa match.

Francisco Cerundolo jumped out to a 4-1 lead over Jannik Sinner, at which point the Italian star conceded the match.

Sinner defeated Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round at the Miami Open to set up his match with Cerundolo. The 20-year-old is having a rough go of things since reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.

This marks the second consecutive tournament that Sinner has been unable to complete a match. He had to withdraw from Indian Wells two weeks ago prior to his fourth-round match against Kyrgios because of an illness.

One silver lining for Sinner is his withdrawal Wednesday wasn't related to an illness. He had blisters on his foot that made him unable to continue playing.

Cerundolo, who is currently ranked No. 103 in the ATP standings, will advance to the semifinals in his first-ever Masters 1000 main draw tournament. The 23-year-old is chasing his first ATP victory. He has won 13 singles titles between the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour.

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Casper Ruud def. Alexander Zverev

The second men's singles match was much more eventful as Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev battled it out in a three-set thriller.

Ruud took the win 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 for his first win over Zverev in their third meeting. It was a career-best victory based on ranking for the 23-year-old against the World No. 4.

Ruud looked to be cruising to victory after an easy first set. Zverev looked sluggish and took a while to get himself into the match. But when he did, the German took care of business with a dominant second set.

In the third, Ruud earned an early break point and never looked back. He jumped out to a 3-0 lead and didn't face much resistance as he closed things out.

"It was great to get that break early on [in the third set] and I was able to keep it all the way out," Ruud said in his post-match interview. "I was serving well. I can thank my serving for the win today."

Like Cerundolo, Ruud will be playing for the chance to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final. The semifinal matchup will be the first-ever meeting between the to budding superstars.