No handshake: Potapova stops Kostyuk, setting third-round clash with Coco Gauff

Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 27 seed, moved into the third round of the Miami Open by winning against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday evening.

Potapova was in the news recently, when the WTA issued her a formal warning for wearing a Spartak Moscow t-shirt ahead of her match with Jessica Pegula at Indian Wells.

“Regarding the Russian soccer team shirt, the WTA has formally warned the player that this was not acceptable nor an appropriate action,” the WTA said in a statement. “We do not expect to see any reoccurrence of this in the future.”

Thursday’s contest was a match without a handshake, as Ukraine’s Kostyuk has made her feelings about sharing the court with Russian players clear since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February of 2023.

Potapova, ranked No 26, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Rebecca Marino and American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next.

Kostyuk, ranked No 38, beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Miami tournament.

Miami WTA 1000, other second-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Shelby Rogers vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Shuai Zhang vs. Erika Andreeva
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Belinda Bencic
• Caroline Garcia vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Madison Brengle vs. Donna Vekic
• Petra Kvitova vs. Linda Noskova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Madison Keys
• Sofia Kenin vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anna Blinkova
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Ons Jabeur
• Maria Sakkari vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Karolina Muchova vs. Lin Zhu
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Taylor Townsend
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Nao Hibino vs. Martina Trevisan
• Julia Grabher vs. Claire Liu
• Magda Linette vs. Evgeniya Rodina
• Rebecca Marino vs. Coco Gauff: thursday
• Tereza Martincova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: thursday
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Mirjam Bjorklund: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova (12) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-1, 6-1
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Katherine Sebov (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Danielle Collins (30) beat Viktoriya Tomova (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Petra Martic (29) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Elise Mertens beat Daria Kasatkina (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (21) beat Laura Siegemund (Q): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2