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yMiami Open: Liu advances to second round as Siniakova quits with wrist injury; Swiatek next
Claire Liu benefited from the abandonment of Katerina Siniakova (3-6, 3-3) on Tuesday. She’ll play top seed Iga Swiatek in the next round
American Claire Liu reached the second round of the Miami Open when Czech Katerina Siniakova retired at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday.
Siniakova was leading 6-3, 3-3 when she pulled out on Tuesday, having earlier had a medical timeout for a wrist injury.
Liu, the 22-year-old world No 56, will play top seed Iga Swiatek next.
Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Sloane Stephens vs. Shelby Rogers
- Anna Blinkova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Robin Montgomery vs. Ana Bogdan
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Dalma Galfi
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Tatjana Maria
- Xinyu Wang vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Jil Teichmann vs. Karolina Muchova
- Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Maryna Zanevska
- Erika Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Madison Brengle
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Linda Noskova
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Anna Bondar vs. Taylor Townsend
- Sofia Kenin vs. Storm Hunter
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Raducanu
- Bernarda Pera vs. Evgeniya Rodina
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Mayar Sherif vs. Laura Siegemund
- Katherine Sebov vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: tuesday
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Tereza Martincova: tuesday
- Camila Giorgi vs. Kaia Kanepi: tuesday
- Elise Mertens beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-4
- Rebecca Marino beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-4, 6-2
- Mirjam Bjorklund (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Xiyu Wang beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-0, 7-5
- Marta Kostyuk beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-2
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Nao Hibino (Q) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3