Miami Open: Fernandez sweeps past qualifier Arango to move into third round

Leylah Fernandez beat Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday evening and will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, in the next round

Leylah Fernandez, Miami Open, 2023 Mar 20, 2023; Miami, Florida, US; Leylah Fernandez (CAN) stands on the court during a practice session in preparation for the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. || 260764_0015 NPStrans toppic
Miami Open presented by Itau •Second round • completed
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Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, beat Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Fernandez, ranked No 35, will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Arango, ranked No 123, won against German Tatjana Maria (6-2, 6-3).

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

  • Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
  • Maria Timofeeva vs. Linda Noskova
  • Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina
  • Iga Swiatek vs. Camila Giorgi
  • Sloane Stephens vs. Sorana Cirstea
  • Caroline Garcia vs. Viktoriya Tomova
  • Daria Kasatkina vs. Claire Liu
  • Anastasia Potapova vs. Danielle Collins: saturday
  • Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-6 (8), 7-5
  • Jessica Pegula beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-1 ret.
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-2, 6-1
  • Oceane Dodin (LL) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
  • Ekaterina Alexandrova (14) beat Donna Vekic: 6-3, 6-4
  • Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa: 6-4, 6-3
  • Coco Gauff (3) beat Nadia Podoroska (Q): 6-1, 6-2
  • Emma Navarro (20) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-4, 6-3
  • Xinyu Wang beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 6-3, 6-2
  • Elena Rybakina (4) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
  • Victoria Azarenka (27) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
  • Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 ret.
  • Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
  • Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Daria Saville: 7-5, 7-5
  • Madison Keys (17) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 6-4
  • Yulia Putintseva beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
  • Maria Sakkari (8) beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-2
  • Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 6-2
  • Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
  • Greet Minnen (LL) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 7-5, 6-1
  • Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Diane Parry: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Katie Boulter (24) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-6 (5), 1-0 ret.
  • Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-2

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