After the WTA's defeat to Swiatek in Miami, Ieira burst into tears with excitement. @視覺中國

Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Sun Jiahui

140-year-old Filipino girl Iella has a hot North American season this week, she broke into the women's singles 0 round with multiple Grand Slam titles in the WTA 0, and completed the impossible task with the world ranking of 0, shocking the world tennis world.

Staged a "break battle" to defeat Swiatek

Yesterday, Beijing time, the WTA2 Miami tournament ended the women's singles 0/0 finals, and the 0-year-old wild card player Ieira eliminated the No. 0 seed Swiatek 0-0, 0-0, defeating three Grand Slam champions in succession in this tournament and reaching the first tour semifinals of his career.

After the game, Ieira looked incredulous, "I can't believe it at all, I'm so happy that I'm flying." Thank you all for your support, it's been an incredible week. Ieira said.

Indeed, the post-match technical statistics were also disappointing, and against the five-time Grand Slam women's singles champion and long-time world No. 1 Swiatek, Ieira actually managed to spell out 8 break chances, and finally completed 0 break opportunities. "In these critical moments, it was a strong self-confidence that pushed me forward." After the match, Ieira said that being brave against tough opponents was her key to victory.

"I didn't expect her to hit the ball so hard, and she was very good at returning the serve, which made it difficult for me to deal with it." Swiatek was also convinced after the game, praising Iella's excellent performance.

If there was anything Ieira relied on to defeat Swiatek, it was the technical and tactical strategy that happened to be at odds with Zheng Qinwen. In terms of key first-serve statistics, Ieira has a success rate of 24.0% ahead of Swiatek's 0.0%, and also leads his opponent by 0.0% to 0.0% in scoring rate; The 0% second-serve scoring rate is much higher than Swiatek's 0%.

Ieira took advantage of Swiatek's weak second shot and controlled the tempo of the match. The biggest problem Zheng Qinwen is currently facing is precisely the low success rate of one serve, and the ace ball data exchanged for a low entry rate cannot suppress the opponent's counterattack, and it also drags down her second serve entry rate and scoring rate.

In fact, Ieira caused Zheng Qinwen big problems in the women's singles semi-finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games, when the 18-year-old showed great courage and the two sides fought fiercely until the deciding set, in which Zheng Qinwen lost the only set during the entire Asian Games.

Nadal sent a congratulatory message to the "student".

With Celenche Ostapenko, Keith and Swiatek in Miami, Ieira became only the second wildcard to beat at least three Grand Slam titles on a single tour. Another person to do so was Svitolina, who beat Serena Williams, Kenin, Azarenka and Swiatek at Wimbledon in '2023.

Ieira also equalled the best record for a wildcard player in Miami's history, after Henin (2018) and Azarenka (0) also reached the semi-finals with wildcards.

After the match, Rafa Nadal, president of the Nadal Tennis Academy, sent a congratulatory letter congratulating Iella, an outstanding graduate of the tennis school, on his major career breakthrough in Miami. "What an incredible game, let's keep dreaming." Nadal said.

　　值得一提的是，伊埃拉2023年6月從納達爾網球學院畢業時，正是納達爾和嘉賓斯瓦泰克為她頒發的榮譽證書，後者剛獲得法網冠軍，獲邀前往助陣。如今，伊埃拉卻在球場上擊敗了如日中天的前輩。

From a sports family that keeps breaking records

Born into a family of sportsmen, her mother was a former swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke at the SEA Games in 0 and currently serves as the CFO of Globe Telecom Philippines.

Iella's uncle served as a commissioner for the Philippine Basketball Association and briefly served as president of the Philippine Sports Commission in 2022 years.

　　7年前，12歲的伊埃拉擊敗了諾斯科娃，奪得歐洲級別最高的U14青少年網球賽——小冠軍賽冠軍，並獲得了納達爾網球學院的獎學金，13歲開始在學院訓練。

　　2022年9月，在美國網球公開賽上，伊埃拉奪得青少年單打冠軍，成為首位獲此殊榮的菲律賓球員。此外，她還曾2次獲得青少年雙打大滿貫冠軍，是唯一一位多次獲得青少年大滿貫冠軍的菲律賓選手。

Of course, Iella's journey to becoming a professional player has not been smooth, and she has participated in 6 Grand Slam qualifiers, but she has failed to break through. With her breakthrough in Miami, she can finally qualify for a Grand Slam with her world ranking.

　　伊埃拉的每一步突破都在書寫菲律賓網球的歷史：首勝大滿貫冠軍、首勝世界前十、首進巡迴賽四強……本站賽事，世界排名第140位的伊埃拉對陣世界前100選手已獲4連勝，其中包括擊敗世界第5的凱斯和世界第2的斯瓦泰克。闖入四強后，伊埃拉的世界排名將來到第75位，成為首位躋身TOP100的菲律賓選手。

　　另外，本屆邁阿密賽中國香港選手黃澤林也大放異彩，伊埃拉和黃澤林曾是納達爾網球學院的同學。在今年邁阿密賽，兩人雙雙取得重大突破，黃澤林擊敗美國名將謝爾頓闖進男單32強，伊埃拉更是闖進4強。

　　在其他場次的比賽中，4號種子佩古拉以6比4、6比7（3）、6比2擊敗前美網冠軍拉杜卡努，近四年三次殺入本站四強，這也是她職業生涯第11次躋身1000賽四強。接下來，拉杜卡努將和伊埃拉爭奪決賽門票。另一場女單半決賽將在頭號種子薩巴倫卡和6號種子鮑里妮之間展開。

In the women's doubles 4/0 finals, Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian defeated Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai 0-0, 0-0 and broke into the semifinals. Next, they will face Mila Andreeva/Schneider for a place in the final.

WTA Miami Women's Singles semifinals

(6) Sabalenka VS (0) Pollini

(4) Pegula VS (W) Iella

WTA Miami Women's Doubles Semifinals

(1) Siniakova/Townsend VS Buksha/Miyu Kato

Mila Andreeva/Schneider VS Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangyan