Miami Open: Venus Williams falls to Shnaider in first round
Diana Shnaider beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday evening. She’ll face No 17 seed Madison Keys in the next round
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Russian Diana Shnaider advanced to the second round of the Miami Open by defeating American wildcard Venus Williams 6-3, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium.
The American veteran – a three-time champion in Miami – showed signs of a fightback early in the second set as she led by a break. But she was pegged back by a determined Shnaider, who then broke again to seal a comfortable straight sets win.
Shnaider, ranked No 62, will play No 17 seed Madison Keys 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
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Taylor Townsend
- Xiyu Wang vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Clara Burel vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Ana Bogdan vs. Katerina Siniakova: tuesday
- Laura Siegemund vs. Aleksandra Krunic: tuesday
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Tauson: tuesday
- Peyton Stearns beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Daria Saville beat Shuai Zhang: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Yue Yuan beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-2
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