Miami Open: Pegula advances to third round, faces Kalinskaya next

No 4 seed Jessica Pegula beat qualifier Bernarda Pera 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.

Pegula, ranked No 4, will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 32 seed, next. This is the fifth year in a row that the American has reached the third round here in Miami.

In the previous round of the tournament, Pera, ranked No 84, won against Australian wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic (6-3, 6-2).

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,963,700):

• Karolina Muchova (15) beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-0, 0-0 ret.
• McCartney Kessler beat Linda Noskova (30): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Clara Tauson (20) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu beat Emma Navarro (8): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Paula Badosa (10) beat Victoria Mboko (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens (27) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 6-1
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Jelena Ostapenko (25): 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Caroline Garcia: 6-2, 7-5
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-4, 7-6
• 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
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina

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