Magda Linette stunned Iga Swiatek with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 comeback victory on Thursday night at the 2026 Miami Open, ending the longest opening-round winning streak in women's tennis history.
50th-ranked Linette defeated the world No. 2 and former Miami Open champion, snapping Swiatek's 73-match opening-round winning streak that dated back to the 2021 WTA Finals.
Swiatek dominated the first set, breaking her fellow Polish player twice and winning 88% of her first-serve points. But Linette fought back in the second set, breaking at a critical moment and holding serve behind four aces to level the match.
Linette jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the third set, before Swiatek saved two match points and held for 5-3. But Linette closed out the upset on her fourth match point in the ninth game.
"I stopped doing anything well tactically," Swiatek said postmatch. "It was a bad match for me in the second and third sets. I haven't felt things like that for like five years."
Linette overcame 30 unforced errors to pull off the upset, becoming just the second player to beat Iga Swiatek at a WTA 1000 tournament after dropping the first set. Maria Sakkari accomplished the same feat earlier this season in Doha.
The victory marked Linette's second straight three-set win, after also coming back from a set down in her first-round match against Varvara Gracheva.
Linette will next face young phenom Alexandra Eala in the Miami Open's third round, after Eala defeated Laura Siegemund in three tough sets on Thursday. Linette has won two of her three career matches against Eala, though Eala won their most recent meeting in Auckland.
The 2026 Miami Open starts third-round play on Saturday, live on The Tennis Channel.
