Miami Open: Svitolina moves into last 16, could face Swiatek next

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 22 seed, defeated No 15 seed Karolina Muchova 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday.

Svitolina, ranked No 22, will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 27 seed, and Pole Iga Swiatek, the second seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, the Ukrainian won against Swiss Belinda Bencic (6-1, 6-2).

Muchova, ranked No 14, benefited from the abandonment of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (6-0, 0-0) in the second round of the Miami tournament.

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

• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Emma Raducanu vs. McCartney Kessler
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Jessica Pegula
• Madison Keys vs. Alexandra Eala
• Anna Blinkova vs. Marta Kostyuk: sunday
• Elise Mertens vs. Iga Swiatek: sunday
• Paula Badosa (10) beat Clara Tauson (20): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Qinwen Zheng (9) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Danielle Collins (14) beat Rebeka Masarova (Q): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Magda Linette beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 7-5, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Maria Sakkari (28): 6-2, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-1, 0-0 ret.
• Naomi Osaka beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Leylah Fernandez (26): 6-1, 7-5
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Ons Jabeur (31): 4-3 ret.