Miami Open: Fernandez downs Parks to reach round three

Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 26 seed, defeated American Alycia Parks 7-6 (1), 6-3 to reach the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday.

Fernandez, ranked No 26, will play American Ashlyn Krueger next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Parks, ranked No 59, won against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (3-6, 7-6, 6-3).

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

• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Clara Tauson vs. Julia Grabher
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jessica Pegula
• McCartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Elise Mertens vs. Peyton Stearns
• Victoria Mboko vs. Paula Badosa
• Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Emma Navarro vs. Emma Raducanu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Danielle Collins
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Maria Sakkari
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Taylor Townsend vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magda Linette: thursday
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-0
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Elena Rybakina (7): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (9) beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (29): 6-4, 6-4