Miami Open: Rybakina advances to last 16
Elena Rybakina edged out Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Sunday night.
Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, edged out American qualifier Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night.
Rybakina, ranked No 4, will face American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, next. The Kazakh edged out Dane qualifier Clara Tauson (3-6, 7-5, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Miami tournament, Townsend, ranked No 72, edged out Italian Lucia Bronzetti (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) and beat Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 25 seed (6-2, 6-2).
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
- Katie Boulter vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: sunday
- Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Jelena Ostapenko (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Aryna Sabalenka: sunday
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Greet Minnen: sunday
- Madison Keys 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
