Miami Open: Blinkova defeats Shnaider to book spot in third round

Anna Blinkova reached the third round of the Miami Open by defeating No 13 seed Diana Shnaider 6-4, 7-6 at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Blinkova, ranked No 85, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 23 seed, next.

Anna Blinkova won against Kamilla Rakhimova (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

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
• Victoria Mboko vs. Paula Badosa
• Elise Mertens vs. Peyton Stearns
• Emma Navarro vs. Emma Raducanu
• Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Caroline Garcia vs. Iga Swiatek: friday
• Anna Kalinskaya (32) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-3
• Danielle Collins (14) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Naomi Osaka beat Liudmila Samsonova (24): 6-2, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-0, 6-2
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Donna Vekic (21): 6-1, 6-3
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Ons Jabeur (31) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Yulia Putintseva (19): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-0
• Magda Linette beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• 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