MIAMI, Florida: American teenager Amanda Anisimova, fresh off an impressive run at Indian Wells, beat China’s Wang Qiang 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at the Miami Open on Tuesday to set up a second round clash with Spanish third seed Garbine Muguruza.
The 16-year-old wild card broke the world number 53 five times during a 98-minute match in which she committed six double faults.Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia overcame some early pressure to defeat Briton Heather Watson 7-6(3), 6-2. Watson had a chance to serve for the opening set but squandered it and then allowed the Brazilian to run away with the match.
Haddad Maia will next face No 31 seed Zhang Shuai.Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic looked headed for an early exit when she fell behind 4-0 in the deciding set against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko but the Croatian-born world number 90 reeled off seven of the next eight games to prevail 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
American wild card Bernarda Pera advanced when she stunned Spanish world number 68 Lara Arruabarrena 7-5, 6-4 to set up a second-round match with Belgian 22rd seed Elise Mertens.Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi was leading Christina McHale 3-1 but retired 31 minutes into the match, gifting the American passage into the second round where she will face Czech Barbora Strycova.
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