broke service to lead 4–1, and was two points away from another break, with Muguruza moving very gingerly, when everything turned against the New Zealander. Muguruza managed to hold that serve, and then won the next four games in a row as Erakovic made a string of unforced errors. The final score was 7–5, 6–4. Once again, with her ranking so low, Erakovic was unable to find a partner to compete in the doubles. Next stop for Erakovic was the Taiwan Open where, again only playing singles, she won her two qualifying matches as top seed, and then faced third seed Caroline Garcia in the main draw. Although the unforced error count on return strokes was quite even, Garcia was unstoppable when it came to hitting forehand winners, taking that part of the contest by 18 to 4. Erakovic broke Garcia's serve in the second set at the only opportunity she had, but was able to hold her own service only once in that set. She also served seven double faults through the match, and eventually lost 3–6, 2–6. North America (1) Erakovic then took a break for a month before resuming in the Mexican Open in Acapulco. She won her first qualifying match, but was well-beaten by Jamie Loeb in the second, going down 6–4, 6–0. The next stop on the tour was Indian Wells where, almost unbelievably, she was drawn in the first round of qualifying against Jamie Loeb again. While this match was closer, taking nearly two and a half hours and going to a third set, the result was the same, with Loeb taking the match 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 after five match points. The tour then moved to the Miami Open, where Erakovic won through qualifying against Naomi Broady and Françoise Abanda before facing Shelby Rogers in the first round. After an epic three-set struggle lasting two hours and 39 minutes, Rogers prevailed 4–6, 6–3, 7–6. Erakovic's second serve let her down badly after the first set, her 13 double-faults costing her the match. At the Premier-level Charleston Open, the only WTA tournament played on green clay, Erakovic was able to get into the main draw as the last direct acceptance, and faced Tunisian lucky loser Ons Jabeur in her first-round match. Erakovic appeared to strain her neck during the first set, and required a medical time-out as well as a couple of other treatments from