Miami Open: Martic through to third round, plays Mertens next

Croat Petra Martic, the No 29 seed, won against Chinese Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Martic, ranked No 41, will face Belgian Elise Mertens next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Wang, ranked No 58, beat Czech wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova (6-0, 7-5).

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

• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Shelby Rogers vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anna Blinkova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Madison Keys
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Karolina Muchova vs. Lin Zhu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Ons Jabeur
• Shuai Zhang vs. Erika Andreeva
• Madison Brengle vs. Donna Vekic
• Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Belinda Bencic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Taylor Townsend
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Maria Sakkari vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Nao Hibino vs. Martina Trevisan
• Magda Linette vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Tereza Martincova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Mirjam Bjorklund
• Julia Grabher vs. Claire Liu
• Rebecca Marino vs. Coco Gauff
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Viktorija Golubic: thursday
• Jessica Pegula vs. Katherine Sebov: thursday
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Danielle Collins: thursday
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Elise Mertens beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (21) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2