Miami Open: Linette knocks out No 18 seed Alexandrova

Pole Magda Linette advanced to the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday.

Linette, ranked No 34, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Pole beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7-6 (3), 6-2).

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

• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Clara Tauson vs. Julia Grabher
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jessica Pegula
• McCartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Elise Mertens vs. Peyton Stearns
• Victoria Mboko vs. Paula Badosa
• Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Emma Navarro vs. Emma Raducanu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Danielle Collins
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Maria Sakkari: thursday
• Ons Jabeur vs. Katerina Siniakova: thursday
• Taylor Townsend vs. Yulia Putintseva: thursday
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez (26) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Elena Rybakina (7): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (9) beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (29): 6-4, 6-4