Miami Open: Azarenka overcomes Stearns in three sets to reach third round
Victoria Azarenka edged out Peyton Stearns 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. She’ll face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Three-time champion Victoria Azarenka, the No 27 seed, reached the third round of the Miami Open by edging out American Peyton Stearns 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.
Azarenka, ranked No 32, will play China’s Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Stearns, ranked No 67, won against Chinese Yafan Wang (6-2, 6-3).
Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,770,480):
- Xinyu Wang beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 6-3, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 ret.
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Daria Saville: 7-5, 7-5
- Madison Keys (17) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
- Greet Minnen (LL) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 7-5, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Diane Parry: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Katie Boulter (24) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-6 (5), 1-0 ret.
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek vs. Camila Giorgi
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Danielle Collins
- Lin Zhu vs. Jessica Pegula
- Maria Timofeeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Claire Liu
- Caroline Garcia vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emiliana Arango
- Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Coco Gauff vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Arantxa Rus vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Storm Hunter vs. Emma Navarro
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Katie Volynets
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Shelby Rogers
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