Amanda Anisimova, 16, claims place in the Miami Open second round
Wednesday 21 March 2018 11:15, UK
American teenager Amanda Anisimova again impressed as she beat China's Wang Qiang to claim a place in the Miami Open second round.
The 16-year-old wildcard, who reached the last 16 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells earlier this month, triumphed 6-3 1-6 6-2.
Wang was hampered by an injured ankle in the latter stages but Anisimova took full advantage to set up a clash with third seed Garbine Muguruza.
The seeded players were not in action having earned byes while the headline match in the first round, Serena Williams against Naomi Osaka, is set for Wednesday.
Eugenie Bouchard will not be in the main draw having lost in qualifying to Sweden's Rebecca Peterson.
The Canadian, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2014 but now ranked 114 in the world, went down 6-4 6-3.
In the men's event, Bosnia's Mirza Basic, seeded second in the qualifiers, failed to make the first round as he lost 7-5 7-6 to American Michael Mmoh. The first round is due to get under way on Wednesday.
You can watch more ATP Masters 1000 action from the Miami Open when we return on Sky Sports Arena next Wednesday at 3pm.
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