Miami Open: Kostyuk books spot in third round
The Ukrainian beat Kimberly Birrell 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Friday and will play Anna Blinkova in the next round
Marta Kostyuk (Zuma / Panoramic)
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 23 seed, won against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.
Kostyuk, ranked No 29, will play Anna Blinkova next. This is the first time that the Ukrainian is into the round of 32 in Miami.
In the previous round of the tournament, Birrell, ranked No 68, edged out Russian Anastasia Potapova (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)).
Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,963,700):
- Karolina Muchova (15) beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-0, 0-0 ret.
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- McCartney Kessler beat Linda Noskova (30): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
- Clara Tauson (20) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 7-5
- Emma Raducanu beat Emma Navarro (8): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3)
- Paula Badosa (10) beat Victoria Mboko (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
- Elise Mertens (27) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 6-1
- Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Jelena Ostapenko (25): 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (2) beat Caroline Garcia: 6-2, 7-5
- Anna Kalinskaya (32) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-3
- Anna Blinkova beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-4, 7-6
- Danielle Collins (14) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Naomi Osaka beat Liudmila Samsonova (24): 6-2, 6-4
- Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-0, 6-2
- Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Donna Vekic (21): 6-1, 6-3
- Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Maria Sakkari (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Ons Jabeur (31) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Yulia Putintseva (19): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-0
- Magda Linette beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez (26) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (1), 6-3
- 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
- Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
- Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
