Miami Open: Sakkari advances to last 16
Maria Sakkari won against Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 22 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Maria Sakkari © Aflo / Panoramic
Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, beat Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 28 seed, 7-5, 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night.
Sakkari, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 22 seed, and Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 9 seed, next.
The Greek, who read the final of Indian Wells last week, won against Chinese Yue Yuan (6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Linda Noskova
- Danielle Collins vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Jessica Pegula
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Coco Gauff vs. Oceane Dodin
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Emma Navarro
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Aryna Sabalenka: sunday
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Greet Minnen
- Katie Boulter vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Taylor Townsend vs. Elena Rybakina: sunday
- Madison Keys (17) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Victoria Azarenka (27) beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 7-5
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