Miami Open: Svitolina wins Battle of Moms over Bencic to reach third round

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 22 seed, won against Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday.

This was the Ukrainian’s third win in a row over Bencic, who won the first two clashes between the two. It was also their first clash since the WTA Finals in 2019 post which both players became mothers and returned to the tours.

Svitolina, ranked No 22, will face No 15 seed Karolina Muchova next.

Bencic, ranked No 45 and winner in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, edged out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (6-4, 1-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the tournament.

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,963,700):

• Amanda Anisimova (17) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-2, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-0, 0-0 ret.
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk (23) beat Kimberly Birrell (Q): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• McCartney Kessler beat Linda Noskova (30): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Clara Tauson (20) beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 7-5
• Emma Raducanu beat Emma Navarro (8): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Paula Badosa (10) beat Victoria Mboko (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
• Elise Mertens (27) beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 6-1
• Alexandra Eala (WC) beat Jelena Ostapenko (25): 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Caroline Garcia: 6-2, 7-5
• Anna Kalinskaya (32) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-1, 6-3
• Anna Blinkova beat Diana Shnaider (13): 6-4, 7-6
• Danielle Collins (14) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Naomi Osaka beat Liudmila Samsonova (24): 6-2, 6-4
• Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (16): 6-0, 6-2
• Rebeka Masarova (Q) beat Donna Vekic (21): 6-1, 6-3
• Hailey Baptiste (WC) beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Maria Sakkari (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Ons Jabeur (31) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Yulia Putintseva (19): 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-0
• Magda Linette beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (18): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-0, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez (26) beat Alycia Parks: 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Elena Rybakina (7): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-4, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (9) beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (29): 6-4, 6-4
• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva

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