Miami Open: Yuan books spot in second round, plays Sakkari next
Yue Yuan defeated Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play No 8 seed Maria Sakkari in the next round
Yuan in Indian Wells (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Chinese Yue Yuan defeated Russian Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Yuan, ranked No 37, will face No 8 seed Maria Sakkari next.
Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Erika Andreeva
- Bernarda Pera vs. Danielle Collins
- Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber
- Claire Liu vs. Petra Martic
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Naomi Osaka
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Arantxa Rus
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Lin Zhu
- Tatjana Maria vs. Emiliana Arango
- Storm Hunter vs. Martina Trevisan
- Katie Volynets vs. Sofia Kenin
- Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Shelby Rogers vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Maria Timofeeva
- Magdalena Frech vs. Camila Giorgi
- Simona Halep vs. Paula Badosa
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Magda Linette
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Diane Parry
- Clara Burel vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Taylor Townsend
- Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Diana Shnaider vs. Venus Williams
- Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Tauson
- Peyton Stearns beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Daria Saville vs. Shuai Zhang: tuesday
