Miami Open: Bencic out, Alexandrova moves into last 16 againt Andreescu

Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Miami Open by defeating Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 9 seed, 7-6 (8), 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday.

Alexandrova, ranked No 18, will face Canadian Bianca Andreescu next.

Bencic, ranked No 9, won against Canadian Leylah Fernandez (6-1, 6-1) during the second round of the Miami tournament.

Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Marie Bouzkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Madison Keys
• Petra Kvitova vs. Donna Vekic
• Sorana Cirstea beat Karolina Muchova (Q): 7-5, 6-1
• Bianca Andreescu beat Sofia Kenin: 6-4, 6-4
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Karolina Pliskova (17): 6-1, 6-2
• Varvara Gracheva (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Petra Martic (29): 6-4, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (10) beat Paula Badosa (21): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Martina Trevisan (25) beat Claire Liu: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Danielle Collins (30): 6-1, 7-6
• Magda Linette (20) beat Victoria Azarenka (14): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (27) beat Coco Gauff (6): 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Liudmila Samsonova (12): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (24) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (13): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3