Miami Open: Blinkova books spot in second round

Russian Anna Blinkova moved into the second round of the Miami Open by beating German Jule Niemeier 6-4, 6-1 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night.

Blinkova, ranked No 63, will face No 31 seed Marie Bouzkova next.

Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Sloane Stephens vs. Shelby Rogers: wednesday
• Leylah Fernandez beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Anna Bondar: 6-4, 6-0
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna-Lena Friedsam (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Sofia Kenin beat Storm Hunter: 6-0, 7-6 (5)
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-1
• Robin Montgomery (WC) beat Ana Bogdan: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Madison Brengle beat Amanda Anisimova: 7-6 (5), 5-2 ret.
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
• Bianca Andreescu beat Emma Raducanu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Dalma Galfi: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Karolina Muchova (Q) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-0, 6-2
• Erika Andreeva (WC) beat Ashlyn Krueger (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Linda Noskova beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktorija Golubic (Q) beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-1
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Bernarda Pera: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoriya Tomova (LL) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-4
• Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4)
• Claire Liu beat Katerina Siniakova: 3-6, 3-3 ret.
• Elise Mertens beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-4
• Rebecca Marino beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Mirjam Bjorklund (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-0, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3