Miami Open: Garcia reaches third round

Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 23 seed, moved into the third round of the Miami Open when Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova retired at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night.

Garcia, ranked No 27, led 6-1, 5-2 when Tomova, ranked No 73, pulled out at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night, for a back problem.

The Frenchwoman will face the winner of the match between Japanese Naomi Osaka and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 15 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, the Bulgarian defeated German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch (6-2, 6-4).

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

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
• Iga Swiatek vs. Camila Giorgi: saturday
• Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina: saturday
• Sorana Cirstea (19) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 6-1
• Linda Noskova (26) beat Maria Timofeeva (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (10) beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-0, 1-0 ret.
• Danielle Collins beat Anastasia Potapova (30): 6-2, 6-2
• Jasmine Paolini (12) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-6 (8), 7-5
• Jessica Pegula (5) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-1 ret.
• Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Emiliana Arango (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• 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