Volynets sends Kenin packing in Miami

Qualifier Katie Volynets won against Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night.

The loss is Kenin’s sixth in a row this year, with the 2020 Australian Open champion having suffered six first round exits in 2024 for a record of 1-7.

Volynets, ranked No 121, will play No 12 seed Jasmine Paolini next.

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

• Naomi Osaka beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
• Storm Hunter (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Donna Vekic beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Nadia Podoroska (Q) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 6-2
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-2, 6-4
• Arantxa Rus beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-0, 6-3
• Shelby Rogers beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Danielle Collins beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Claire Liu (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
• Emiliana Arango (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Angelique Kerber: 6-2, 6-3
• Elina Avanesyan beat Erika Andreeva (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
• Lin Zhu beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-2, 6-4
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi beat Magdalena Frech: 6-4, 6-2
• Diane Parry beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Magda Linette: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Simona Halep (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Xiyu Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
• 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