Miami Open: Wang upsets 16th seed Kudermetova to reach third round
The Chinese player will take on American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, in the next round
Xinyu Wang (Hua Hin)
China’s Xinyu Wang reached the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday.
Kudermetova drops to 4-8 for the season with the latest loss. Wang, ranked No 43, will play American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, next.
The 22-year-old Chinese defeated American wildcard Hailey Baptiste (7-6 (1), 6-3) in the previous round of the Miami tournament.
Miami WTA 1000, other second-round matches (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8,770,480):
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 ret.
- Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Daria Saville: 7-5, 7-5
- Madison Keys beat Diana Shnaider: 6-2, 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya (22) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-2, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina (32) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
- Greet Minnen (LL) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 7-5, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (11) beat Diane Parry: 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Katie Boulter (24) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (WC): 7-6 (5), 1-0 ret.
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Elise Mertens (25): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek vs. Camila Giorgi
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Ons Jabeur
- Sloane Stephens vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Danielle Collins
- Lin Zhu vs. Jessica Pegula
- Maria Timofeeva vs. Linda Noskova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Claire Liu
- Caroline Garcia vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Emiliana Arango
- Donna Vekic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Coco Gauff vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Arantxa Rus vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Storm Hunter vs. Emma Navarro
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Katie Volynets
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Shelby Rogers
- Clara Tauson vs. Elena Rybakina
- Peyton Stearns vs. Victoria Azarenka
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