Miami Open: Timofeeva books spot in second round

Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva moved into the second round of the Miami Open by winning against Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Timofeeva, ranked No 99, will face No 26 seed Linda Noskova next.

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

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Naomi Osaka
• Storm Hunter vs. Martina Trevisan
• Katie Volynets vs. Sofia Kenin
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Arantxa Rus
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Bernarda Pera vs. Danielle Collins
• Claire Liu vs. Petra Martic
• Tatjana Maria vs. Emiliana Arango
• Shelby Rogers vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber: wednesday
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Erika Andreeva: wednesday
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Lin Zhu: wednesday
• Magdalena Frech vs. Camila Giorgi: wednesday
• Diane Parry beat Jaqueline Cristian: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Yulia Putintseva beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Magda Linette: 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Paula Badosa beat Simona Halep (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Xiyu Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
• Katerina Siniakova beat Ana Bogdan: 6-2, 6-4
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Diana Shnaider beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Tauson (Q) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-3
• Xinyu Wang beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Daria Saville beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Yue Yuan beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-2