Miami Open: Stearns defeats Wang to move into second round

American Peyton Stearns defeated Chinese Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium.

Stearns, ranked No 67, will face No 27 seed Victoria Azarenka next.

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

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Erika Andreeva
• Bernarda Pera vs. Danielle Collins
• Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber
• Claire Liu vs. Petra Martic
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Naomi Osaka
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Arantxa Rus
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Lin Zhu
• Tatjana Maria vs. Emiliana Arango
• Storm Hunter vs. Martina Trevisan
• Katie Volynets vs. Sofia Kenin
• Donna Vekic vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Shelby Rogers vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Maria Timofeeva
• Magdalena Frech vs. Camila Giorgi
• Simona Halep vs. Paula Badosa
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Magda Linette
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Diane Parry
• Clara Burel vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Taylor Townsend
• Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Tauson
• Diana Shnaider vs. Venus Williams
• Xinyu Wang beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Daria Saville vs. Shuai Zhang: tuesday
• Anna Blinkova vs. Yue Yuan: tuesday