Miami Open: Azarenka overcomes Stearns in three sets to reach third round

Three-time champion Victoria Azarenka, the No 27 seed, reached the third round of the Miami Open by edging out American Peyton Stearns 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

Azarenka, ranked No 32, will play China’s Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Stearns, ranked No 67, won against Chinese Yafan Wang (6-2, 6-3).

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,770,480):

• Xinyu Wang beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Clara Tauson (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 ret.
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Daria Saville: 7-5, 7-5
• Madison Keys (17) beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 6-2
• Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
• Greet Minnen (LL) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 7-5, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Diane Parry: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Katie Boulter (24) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-6 (5), 1-0 ret.
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek vs. Camila Giorgi
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
• Sloane Stephens vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Danielle Collins
• Lin Zhu vs. Jessica Pegula
• Maria Timofeeva vs. Linda Noskova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Claire Liu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Emiliana Arango
• Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Coco Gauff vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Arantxa Rus vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Storm Hunter vs. Emma Navarro
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Katie Volynets
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Shelby Rogers

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