Volynets sends Kenin packing in Miami
Katie Volynets defeated Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday night and will play No 12 seed Jasmine Paolini in the next round
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Qualifier Katie Volynets won against Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night.
The loss is Kenin’s sixth in a row this year, with the 2020 Australian Open champion having suffered six first round exits in 2024 for a record of 1-7.
Volynets, ranked No 121, will play No 12 seed Jasmine Paolini next.
Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Naomi Osaka beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
- Storm Hunter (Q) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Donna Vekic beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Nadia Podoroska (Q) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-4, 6-2
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Arantxa Rus beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-0, 6-3
- Shelby Rogers beat Linda Fruhvirtova (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Danielle Collins beat Bernarda Pera (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Claire Liu (Q) beat Petra Martic: 6-4, 6-1
- Emiliana Arango (Q) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
- Sloane Stephens beat Angelique Kerber: 6-2, 6-3
- Elina Avanesyan beat Erika Andreeva (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-2, 6-4
- Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-3
- Camila Giorgi beat Magdalena Frech: 6-4, 6-2
- 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
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