Miami Open: Giorgi edges Kanepi in epic, faces Azarenka in second round

Italian Camila Giorgi advanced to the second round of the Miami Open by edging out Estonian Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) at the Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday.

Giorgi, ranked No 46, will play No 14 seed Victoria Azarenka next.

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

• Sloane Stephens vs. Shelby Rogers
• Anna Blinkova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Tatjana Maria
• Xinyu Wang vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Anna Bondar vs. Taylor Townsend
• Sofia Kenin vs. Storm Hunter
• Robin Montgomery vs. Ana Bogdan
• Fernanda Contreras Gomez vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Maryna Zanevska
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Madison Brengle
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Emma Raducanu
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Dalma Galfi
• Jil Teichmann vs. Karolina Muchova
• Erika Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Linda Noskova
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Bernarda Pera vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Viktoriya Tomova: tuesday
• Laura Siegemund (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-3, 6-4
• Katherine Sebov (Q) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Tereza Martincova (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Claire Liu beat Katerina Siniakova: 3-6, 3-3 ret.
• Elise Mertens beat Alycia Parks: 6-1, 6-4
• Rebecca Marino beat Yulia Putintseva: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (WC): 6-4, 6-2
• Mirjam Bjorklund (Q) beat Jasmine Paolini: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Xiyu Wang beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 6-0, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-2
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Alexandra Eala (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Nao Hibino (Q) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3