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
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
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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