Miami Open: Linette knocks out Pavlyuchenkova to reach second round

Pole Magda Linette advanced to the second round of the Miami Open by defeating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Linette, ranked No 34, will face No 18 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

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

• Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Bondar
• Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Belinda Bencic
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Camila Osorio vs. Victoria Mboko
• Tyra Caterina Grant vs. Julia Grabher
• Alexandra Eala vs. Katie Volynets
• Erika Andreeva vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Bernarda Pera
• Suzan Lamens vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Kimberly Birrell
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Anna Blinkova
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Mayar Sherif vs. Lulu Sun
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Sayaka Ishii vs. Emma Raducanu
• Olga Danilovic vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Renata Zarazua vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Taylor Townsend vs. Ann Li
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Greet Minnen
• Claire Liu vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Petra Kvitova vs. Sofia Kenin
• Lauren Davis vs. Aoi Ito
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Yue Yuan vs. Katerina Siniakova: tuesday
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Alycia Parks: tuesday
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Catherine McNally: tuesday