Miami Open: Navarro battles past Paolini to move into last 16

American Emma Navarro, the No 20 seed, defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 12 seed, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Navarro, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, and American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old American won against Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (6-4, 6-3).

Paolini, ranked No 14, won against American qualifier Katie Volynets (7-6 (8), 7-5) in the previous round of the Miami tournament.

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: sunday
• Coco Gauff vs. Oceane Dodin: sunday
• Sorana Cirstea (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-5, 6-2
• Katie Boulter (24) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (11): 6-2, 6-3
• Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-3, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Aryna Sabalenka (2): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• Yulia Putintseva beat Greet Minnen (LL): 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
• 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 (27) beat Qinwen Zheng (7): 6-4, 7-5