Miami Open: Cirstea books spot in last 16

Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat Czech qualifier Karolina Muchova 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday. Cirstea, ranked No 74, will face Marketa Vondrousova next.

The Romanian won against Mexican wildcard Fernanda Contreras Gomez (7-6 (6), 6-2) and Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 5 seed (6-2, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Muchova, ranked No 55, defeated Swiss Jil Teichmann (6-0, 6-2) and Chinese Lin Zhu, the No 32 seed (6-4, 6-2).

Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Madison Keys
• Petra Kvitova vs. Donna Vekic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Belinda Bencic: sunday
• Bianca Andreescu beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 6-4
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Karolina Pliskova (17): 6-1, 6-2
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Petra Martic (29): 6-4, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (10) beat Paula Badosa (21): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Martina Trevisan (25) beat Claire Liu: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Danielle Collins (30): 6-1, 7-6
• Magda Linette (20) beat Victoria Azarenka (14): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (27) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3