Victorious Haddad Maia and Martincova trade bagels in Miami
Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Tereza Martincova 7-6 (4), 0-6, 6-0 on Thursday evening. She’ll play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 24 seed, in the next round
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, advanced to the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Czech qualifier Tereza Martincova 7-6 (4), 0-6, 6-0 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.
The Brazilian flipped the script on Martincova after suffering a second-set bagel. She won 12 of 18 return points and saved both break points she faced to lock down the win in two hours and 15 minutes.
Haddad Maia, ranked No 14, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 24 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Martincova, ranked No 113, beat German Tamara Korpatsch (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Shelby Rogers vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Shuai Zhang vs. Erika Andreeva
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Belinda Bencic
- Caroline Garcia vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Madison Brengle vs. Donna Vekic
- Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Madison Keys
- Sofia Kenin vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Anna Blinkova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Ons Jabeur
- Maria Sakkari vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Xinyu Wang
- Karolina Muchova vs. Lin Zhu
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Taylor Townsend
- Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Nao Hibino vs. Martina Trevisan
- Magda Linette vs. Evgeniya Rodina: thursday
- Julia Grabher vs. Claire Liu: thursday
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-4, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova (27) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-1, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (12) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Katherine Sebov (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Danielle Collins (30) beat Viktoriya Tomova (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Petra Martic (29) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Elise Mertens beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Paula Badosa (21) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2