Kenin sets second-round blockbuster against Gauff
Sofia Kenin won against Petra Kvitova 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday evening and will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff in the next round
American Sofia Kenin advanced to the second round of the Miami Open by winning against wildcard Petra Kvitova 6-4, 7-5 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Kenin, ranked No 46, will face No 3 seed Coco Gauff next. The pair share a 2-2 head-to-head, with the 2020 Australian Open champion handing Gauff the first-round exit at Wimbledon 2023 that sparked her rise to the top of the game.
Miami WTA 1000, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Mayar Sherif vs. Lulu Sun
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Belinda Bencic
- Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
- Tyra Caterina Grant vs. Julia Grabher
- Alexandra Eala vs. Katie Volynets
- Suzan Lamens vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Bondar
- Erika Andreeva vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Bernarda Pera
- McCartney Kessler vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Sayaka Ishii vs. Emma Raducanu
- Camila Osorio vs. Victoria Mboko
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Anna Blinkova
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Taylor Townsend vs. Ann Li
- Renata Zarazua vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Olga Danilovic vs. Hailey Baptiste
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Greet Minnen
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Polina Kudermetova: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Lauren Davis vs. Aoi Ito: tuesday
- Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Claire Liu (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-4, 6-3
- Katerina Siniakova beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Magda Linette beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Alycia Parks beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Catherine McNally: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
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