Miami Open: Venus Williams falls to Shnaider in first round

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