American dream run: no sign of Aussie tennis ace waking
Australian young gun Talia Gibson's hot California form has continued in Florida. -EPA
Talia Gibson shows no sign of waking from her American dream run as the red-hot Australian downed yet another top-20 victim at the Miami Open.
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A day after sending four-time grand slam champ Naomi Osaka packing, the 21-year-old has outclassed one of the sport's brightest new talents, teenage world No.17 Iva Jovic 6-2 6-2 on Sunday.
It was Gibson's fifth victory over a top-20 player in just three weeks as she followed up her brilliant run to the quarter-finals at Indian Wells by reaching the last-16 in the second leg of the 'Sunshine swing' in the US.
There's no sign of the Perth prospect letting up either as she produced an immaculate display of serving, not getting broken once and not even giving up a break point opportunity as she dispatched the 18-year-old American Jovic in just 72 minutes.
Gibson came through qualifying in California, winning six matches in all, and has now won five on the trot in the other major WTA 1000 event. She's not dropped a set yet in Miami and hasn't even had her serve broken in the last three matches.
Before Indian Wells, the Australian had been ranked No.112 in the world. Having jumped to No.68, now she's set to at least become world No.56 next week and move to second in the Australian rankings ahead of Daria Kasatkina and behind only Maya Joint.
But the tests only get harder. In the last 16, she's now going to have to face Australian Open champion and world No.2 Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk 6-3 6-4.
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