Miami Open: Townsend outlasts 19th seed Putintseva

American qualifier Taylor Townsend won against Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 19 seed, 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday.

Townsend, ranked No 90, will play Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 9 seed, next.

The American defeated Ann Li (3-6, 6-4, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):

• Madison Keys vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Mayar Sherif
• Belinda Bencic vs. Elina Svitolina
• Karolina Muchova vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Kimberly Birrell vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Clara Tauson vs. Julia Grabher
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jessica Pegula
• McCartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Elise Mertens vs. Peyton Stearns
• Victoria Mboko vs. Paula Badosa
• Alexandra Eala vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Emma Navarro vs. Emma Raducanu
• Caroline Garcia vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Diana Shnaider vs. Anna Blinkova
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Danielle Collins
• Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste: thursday
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Maria Sakkari: thursday
• Ons Jabeur (31) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• 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 beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Magdalena Frech (29): 6-4, 6-4