Wozniacki cruises past Burel and into second round on Miami return

Caroline Wozniacki made a successful return to the Miami Open, beating Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-1, 6-4 to reach the second round at the Hard Rock Stadium.

The Dane, in Miami this year courtesy of a wildcard, made quick work of her opponent, cruising to the first set with some impressive hitting.

Wozniacki, ranked No 129, will face No 32 seed Anhelina Kalinina next.

Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Erika Andreeva
• Bernarda Pera vs. Danielle Collins
• Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber
• Claire Liu vs. Petra Martic
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Naomi Osaka
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Arantxa Rus
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Lin Zhu
• Tatjana Maria vs. Emiliana Arango
• Storm Hunter vs. Martina Trevisan
• Katie Volynets vs. Sofia Kenin
• Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Shelby Rogers vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Magdalena Frech vs. Camila Giorgi
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Diane Parry
• Simona Halep vs. Paula Badosa
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Magda Linette
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: tuesday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Taylor Townsend: tuesday
• Katerina Siniakova beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-3
• Xinyu Wang beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Daria Saville beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-2