Pole Magda Linette defeated qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova (photo), 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Miami Open at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday evening. Linette, ranked No 34, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Pole won against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7-6 (3), 6-2) and Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed (7-6 (5), 6-2).
Fruhvirtova, now ranked No 215, beat American qualifier Claire Liu (7-5, 4-6, 6-3) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed (6-0, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the tournament who reveled her in 2022 when she reached the Round of 16, aged 16.
Miami WTA 1000, other third-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.963.700, most recent results first):
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Emma Raducanu vs. McCartney Kessler
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Jessica Pegula
- Madison Keys vs. Alexandra Eala
- Anna Blinkova vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Elise Mertens vs. Iga Swiatek
- Karolina Muchova vs. Elina Svitolina
- Clara Tauson vs. Paula Badosa
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Taylor Townsend
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Danielle Collins
- Coco Gauff beat Maria Sakkari (28): 6-2, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-1, 0-0 ret.
- Naomi Osaka beat Hailey Baptiste (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Leylah Fernandez (26): 6-1, 7-5
- Jasmine Paolini (6) beat Ons Jabeur (31): 4-3 ret.
