Miami Open: Kessler through to third round to face Raducanu

American McCartney Kessler edged out No 30 seed Linda Noskova 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) to advance to the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.

Kessler, ranked No 48, will face Emma Raducanu next.

Ahead of her win today, the American edged out Marie Bouzkova (6-4, 2-6, 6-4).

This was also her fourth win coming from a set down in 2025 – the most by any player on the WTA Tour this year along with Madison Keys.

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.
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jessica Pegula: friday
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
• 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
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif

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