Miami Open: Putintseva makes third round

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva moved into the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 13 seed, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 68, will play Belgian lucky loser Greet Minnen next.

The Kazakh edged out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (6-2, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Miami tournament.

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• 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
• Clara Tauson vs. Elena Rybakina
• Peyton Stearns vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
• Daria Saville vs. Dayana Yastremska: thursday
• Diana Shnaider vs. Madison Keys: thursday
• 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 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