Miami: Samsonova sets third-round clash with Zheng Qinwen

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 12 seed, moved into the third round of the Miami Open by defeating Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-1 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Samsonova, ranked No 15, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 23 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Golubic, ranked No 116, won against American wildcard Hailey Baptiste (7-6 (3), 6-1).

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Shelby Rogers vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anna Blinkova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Madison Keys
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Karolina Muchova vs. Lin Zhu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Ons Jabeur
• Shuai Zhang vs. Erika Andreeva
• Madison Brengle vs. Donna Vekic
• Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Belinda Bencic
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Taylor Townsend
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Maria Sakkari vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Nao Hibino vs. Martina Trevisan
• Magda Linette vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Tereza Martincova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Rebecca Marino vs. Coco Gauff
• Julia Grabher vs. Claire Liu
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Mirjam Bjorklund: thursday
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Marta Kostyuk: thursday
• Jessica Pegula vs. Katherine Sebov: thursday
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Danielle Collins: thursday
• Petra Martic (29) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Elise Mertens beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (21) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2