Miami Open: Masarova knocks out 21st seed Vekic

Swiss qualifier Rebeka Masarova beat Croat Donna Vekic, the No 21 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

Masarova, ranked No 168, will face the winner of the match between Romanian Sorana Cirstea and American Danielle Collins, the No 14 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Swiss edged out Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen (6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5).

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Clara Tauson vs. Julia Grabher
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jessica Pegula
• McCartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Elise Mertens vs. Peyton Stearns
• Victoria Mboko vs. Paula Badosa
• Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Emma Navarro vs. Emma Raducanu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Danielle Collins
• Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste: thursday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Maria Sakkari: thursday
• 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