Johanna Konta through to Miami Open third round
BySportsbeat
Updated 26/03/2016 at 13:35 GMT
Johanna Konta progressed to the third round of the Miami Open with a straight-sets win over Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.
Johanna Konta of Great Britain returns a shot to Danka Kovinic of Montenegro during the Miami Open presented by Itau at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 25, 2016 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP.
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The British number one, seeded 24th and thus given a bye through the first round, won 6-4 6-2 on Court 1 in Key Biscayne.
She will next face qualifier Elena Vesnina, who beat 10th seed Venus Williams in three sets on the Stadium court. Williams saved a match point during the second-set tie-break but Vesnina came through 6-0 6-7 (5/7) 6-2.
"It was much closer than the second set score showed," said Konta after her match. "We had a lot of deuce games, a lot of back and forth.
"She's been pushing some of the best players in the world to quite the limit in the last couple of weeks, so I was really happy how I was able to compete against her."
Meanwhile, Kyle Edmund gave a display of his quality but could not stave off a straight-sets loss to world number one Novak Djokovic.
The Beverley-based 21-year-old lost 6-3 6-3 on the Stadium court in round two with Djokovic warmly congratulating Edmund at the net at the end of a display from the world number 87 which will have earned him plenty of new admirers.
"I felt like I did put my game out there and tried to play some aggressive tennis," said Edmund.
"At points it worked, it shows I can be aggressive, but at times I need to find the balance."
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