Miami Open: Kessler books spot in second round

American McCartney Kessler edged out Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday.

Kessler, ranked No 48, will face No 30 seed Linda Noskova next.

Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Belinda Bencic
• Mayar Sherif vs. Lulu Sun
• Tyra Caterina Grant vs. Julia Grabher
• Suzan Lamens vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
• Alexandra Eala vs. Katie Volynets: wednesday
• Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Bondar: wednesday
• Erika Andreeva vs. Elina Avanesyan: wednesday
• Bernarda Pera (Q) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Emma Raducanu beat Sayaka Ishii (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Xinyu Wang: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Camila Osorio: 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
• Kimberly Birrell (Q) beat Anastasia Potapova: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Anna Blinkova beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Ann Li: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Renata Zarazua: 6-3, 6-2
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5
• Sofia Kenin beat Petra Kvitova (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Lauren Davis beat Aoi Ito (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Claire Liu (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Rebecca Sramkova beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Naomi Osaka beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 6-3
• Katerina Siniakova beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
• Magda Linette beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Catherine McNally: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3