Miami Open: Keys defeats Wang to make last 16

American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, defeated Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Keys, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Taylor Townsend and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American won against Russian Diana Shnaider (6-2, 6-4).

Wang, ranked No 43, beat American wildcard Hailey Baptiste (7-6 (1), 6-3) and Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 16 seed (6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Iga Swiatek vs. Linda Noskova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Jessica Pegula
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Coco Gauff vs. Oceane Dodin
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Emma Navarro
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Greet Minnen
• Katie Boulter vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Taylor Townsend vs. Elena Rybakina: sunday
• Maria Sakkari vs. Dayana Yastremska: saturday
• Victoria Azarenka (27) beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 7-5