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Azarenka books place in Miami Open third round after Keys retires hurt

ByPA Sport

Published 23/03/2018 at 08:23 GMT

The world number 186 will face Anastasija Sevastova in the next round.

Victoria Azarenka is through to the third round in Miami (Gareth Fuller/AP)

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Victoria Azarenka is through to the third round of the Miami Open after US Open finalist Madison Keys was forced to retire with a leg injury.
Belarusian Azarenka is a three-time winner of the tournament and was up by a set and a break when Keys ended the second-round match.
The first set went into a tiebreak after the world number 186 failed to capitalise on two set points when serving for the match, but she prevailed on a tie-break which featured nine breaks across the 12 points.
Azarenka will play Anastasija Sevastova after the Latvian beat Alize Cornet of France 7-5 6-4.
World number one Simona Halep dropped the first set but went on to beat Oceane Dodin 3-6 6-3 7-5 and she will face Agnieszka Radwanska, who prevailed 6-3 7-6 (7/4) against Alison Van Uytvanck.
Other seeds through to the third round include Garbine Muguruza, whose opponent Amanda Anisimova withdrew, and Karolina Pliskova, who prevailed 7-5 7-5 against Ekaterina Makarova.
Reigning US Open champion Sloane Stephens is also through to the next round, where she will face qualifier Monica Niculescu after she beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 6-3.
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