Third-seeded Coco Gauff crushed fellow American Sofia Kenin 6-0 6-0 on the Miami Open on Thursday, the previous U.S. Open champion producing a flawless show to achieve the third spherical.
Gauff, aiming to win her maiden Miami title, received 84% of her first-serve factors, saved the one break level she confronted and transformed six of her 9 break factors within the 47-minute match.
“I used to be undoubtedly taking part in properly immediately, and possibly she wasn’t taking part in her peak nice tennis,” Gauff advised reporters.
“I do not assume anybody who’s taking part in their greatest tennis may have that scoreline immediately, so I am not going to take a seat right here and say she performed her greatest tennis.”
Up subsequent for Gauff, who was eradicated within the spherical of 16 at Indian Wells final week, can be Ashlyn Krueger who surprised seventh seed Elena Rybakina 6-4 2-6 6-4 for the primary top-10 win of her profession.
Prime seed and two-times Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka, taking part in her first match since dropping to Mirra Andreeva within the Indian Wells remaining, broke Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova six instances en path to a 6-3 6-0 win.
Sabalenka will face qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse within the third spherical after the Bulgarian superior with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Polish twenty ninth seed Magdalena Frech.
Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen additionally superior, and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez beat American Alycia Parks 7-6(1) 6-3.
On the lads’s facet, Reilly Opelka earned his first ATP Masters 1000 win since 2022 with a 6-3 7-6(4) conquer American wild card Christopher Eubanks and can face Indian Wells finalist Holger Rune within the second spherical.
China’s Bu Yunchaokete beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-2 with out dealing with a break level and qualifiers Jacob Fearnley and Thiago Agustin Tirante additionally superior.
Former finalist Kei Nishikori withdrew from his Miami opener after reaching the semi-finals of an ATP Challenger Tour occasion final week.
“My physique has not recovered sufficient from the matches final week. I’ll now go house and prepare for the clay court docket season,” Nishikori wrote on X.