Miami Open: Yuan books spot in second round, plays Sakkari next

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