Miami Open: Impressive Boulter breezes past Haddad Maia to reach last 16
Katie Boulter beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-3 and will play Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 27 seed, in the next round
Katie Boulter (Gepa / Panoramic)
No 24 seed Katie Boulter beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 11 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Boulter, ranked No 30, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 27 seed, next.
Katie Boulter benefited from the abandonment of wildcard Brenda Fruhvirtova (7-6 (5), 1-0) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, edged out Frenchwoman Diane Parry (3-6, 6-1, 6-4).
Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Linda Noskova
- Danielle Collins vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Jessica Pegula
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Coco Gauff vs. Oceane Dodin
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Emma Navarro
- Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Aryna Sabalenka: sunday
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Greet Minnen: sunday
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Taylor Townsend (Q): 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Madison Keys (17) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Dayana Yastremska (28): 7-5, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 7-5
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