22 Saturday, March 24, 2018 SPORTS Miami Open Frances Tiafoe sets up meeting Azarenka with Edmund books place in third round Miami Azarenka will play Anastasija ictoria Azarenka Sevastova after the Latvian beat is through to the Alize Cornet of France 7-5 6-4. Vthird round of the World number one Simona Miami Open after US Halep dropped the first set but Open finalist Madison went on to beat Oceane Dodin Keys was forced to 3-6 6-3 7-5 and she will face retire with a leg injury. Agnieszka Radwanska, who Kyle Edmund (file pic) Belarusian Azarenka prevailed 6-3 7-6 (7/4) against is a three-time winner of Alison Van Uytvanck. the tournament and was Other seeds through to the Miami Thanasi Kokkinakis set up a up by a set and a break third round include Garbine yle Edmund will play Delray date with Roger Federer by beating when Keys ended the Muguruza, whose opponent Beach Open champion Frances Calvin Hemery 6-1 6-2, while Tomas second-round match. Amanda Anisimova withdrew, KTiafoe in the second round of the Berdych will take on Yoshihito The first set went and Karolina Pliskova, who Miami Open after the American saw Nishioka after the Japanese player into a tiebreak after prevailed 7-5 7-5 against off Nicolas Kicker 6-3 7-6 (7/4). overcame Alex de Minaue 6-2 6-4. the world number 186 Ekaterina Makarova. Tiafoe, ranked 63, broke early in Nikoloz Basilashvili will meet failed to capitalise on Reigning US Open the first set against the Argentinian Kevin Anderson after rallying two set points when champion Sloane Stephens is and served out to take the first set for a 1-6 6-2 7-5 triumph over serving for the match, also through to the next round, 6-3. Thomas Fabbiano, and 11th seed but she prevailed on a where she will face qualifier Kicker, 25, broke for 3-1 in the Sam Querrey will face Radu Albot tie-break which featured Monica Niculescu after she second but was swiftly broken back after the Moldovan beat qualifier nine breaks across the 12 beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 6-3. to love as the set went to a tie-break Ricardas Berankis 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7/4). Victoria Azarenka (file pic) points. (PA Sport) in which Tiafoe prevailed 7/4. (PA Sport) Kolar upsets top seed Lemoine (Continued from page 24) n the Women’s Singles, FULL RESULTS: Winner and Runnerup with Officials Kolar, ranked 411th in the world,I upset top seed Quirine Men’s Singles Lemoine of the Netherlands, Riccardo Maiga (SUI) beat Dominik Kellovsky (CZE) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 ranked 322nd, 6-3, 6-4. After Jelle Sels (NED)-3 beat Patrik Rikl (CZE)-7 6-7 (9), 7-6 (5), 6-4 a strong first set, Kolar broke Lemoine twice in the second, Women’s Singles including in the crucial ninth Nastja Kolar (SLO)-3 beat Quirine Lemoine (NED)-1 6-3, 6-4 game to take a 5-4 lead before Tereza Mihalikova (SVK)-4 beat Kanika Vaidya (IND)-8 7-5, 7-5 holding serve to win the match. For Mihalikova, she Men’s Doubles overcame a tough challenge Marek Gengel (CZE)/Dominik Kellovsky (CZE)-2 beat Robert Galloway against eighth seed Kanika (USA)/Anderson Reed (USA) 6-3, 3-6, [10-6] Vaidya of India 7-5, 7-5 in an points and going 40-0 up. But players exchanged games registered to compete. exciting two-hour encounter. Women’s Doubles Maiga dug deep and rallied until a 4-4 tie, but then Sels, The Bahrain ITF Futures Ranked 404th in the world, Marian Jade Capadocia (PHI)/Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) beat Valeria Bhunu to take the next six points ranked 534th in the world, tournaments provide the Mihalikova needed to break (ZIM)/Emily Webley-Smith (GBR)-1 7-5, 6-2 to finally end the match and broke Rikl, ranked 701st, and entry level of professional Viadya, ranked 700th, in both confirm his ticket to the he rode his momentum in the tournaments, enabling the first and second sets with final. last match-clinching game, players to reach higher- the scores tied at 5-5 each The other Men’s Singles which included two huge level competitions on both before closing things out in the breaking loss for Kellovsky, After splitting the first two semi-final between Sels and aces. the Association of Tennis ensuing games. who headed into Friday’s action sets, Maiga, ranked 1,299th in Rikl was one of the most This year’s Bahrain ITF Professionals (ATP) World In the Men’s Singles, Maiga as the only player remaining the world, took a 3-1 lead and tightly contested affairs of the Futures Tennis Tournament Tour and the Women’s Tennis was first to book his ticket to in the entire competition still later turned it to a slim 5-4 entire tournament, going on features a total prie fund of Association (WTA) Tour. 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