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Patna : World No 59 Marketa Vondrousova, 19, Czech Republic, beat World No 47 Barbora Strycova, 32, Czech Republic, to enter the women’s singles 2nd round of Miami Open, Florida, USA, on March 21, 2019. Vondrousova beat Strycova in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in the first round at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida, USA.ndrova,
Vondrousova broke Strycova’s service 4 times while the latter could break her service just once. Vondrousova also won three games in a row in the match. She won 44 service points to 27 by Strycova. Vondrousova will face World No 23 Jelena Ostapenko, 21, Latvia, in the 2nd round on March 22.
World No 37 Dayana Yastremska, 18, Ukraine, swept aside World No 57 Ekaterina Alexandrova, 24, Russia, 6-3, 6-2 to enter the 2nd round. Yastremska broke Alexandrova’s service 5 times in the match while the latter broke her service twice. Yastremska fired 5 Aces to 6 by Alexandrova. Yastremska committed 7 double faults in the match to 5 by Alexandrova. Yastremska won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Alexandrova. Yashtremska will face World No 11 Ashleigh Barty, 22, Australia, in the 2nd round.
World No 55 Pauline Parmentier, 33, France, defeated World No 75 Margarita Gasparyan, 24, Russia, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 to enter the 2nd round. Parmentier will face World No 14 Elise Mertens, 23, Belgium, in the 2nd round.