Top seed Sabalenka races into third round in Miami

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, quickly returned to winning ways as she beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the third round of the Miami Open.

The world No 1, beaten by Mirra Andreeva in the Indian Wells final last weekend, ripped through the match in typical fashion, hitting 32 winners as she raced through in 59 minutes.

Sabalenka, ranked No 1, will face Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse next.

“I cannot complain about my season,” Sabalenka told the media as quoted by the WTA site. “Of course, I lost two biggest finals. But it’s only a lesson, not that big of a loss, to be honest. I feel like my tennis is getting better every day. Of course Miami, there is only one thing everyone wants here is to win the title. I really hope I can play same way I played at Indian Wells and improve in the finals. Get better little bit those last stages of the tournament, maybe less stressed and more focused on myself. Let’s just take it step by step.”

In the previous round of the Miami tournament, Tomova, ranked No 64, won against American Catherine McNally (6-3, 2-6, 6-3).

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
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Hailey Baptiste
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Maria Sakkari
• Donna Vekic vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Katerina Siniakova: thursday
• Taylor Townsend vs. Yulia Putintseva: thursday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magda Linette: thursday
• 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 (9) beat Lauren Davis: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Magdalena Frech (29): 6-4, 6-4