Radwanska, Li through in Miami


(MENAFN- Kora) The Polish third seed made a strong start against her Swiss opponent before prevailing 6-0 6-4 in one hour and 14 minutes



Radwanska, winner of the WTA Premier event in Miami in 2012, will face Elena Vesnina in the next round after the Russian 32nd seed disposed of American Alison Riske 6-2 6-2



Chinese second seed Li Na also booked her passage into the third round without taking to the court following the withdrawal of Alisa Kleybanova, who succumbed to illness



Next up for the Australian Open champion is American Madison Keys, who accounted for Slovakian 31st seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2

Meanwhile, Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova made light work of Austria's Yvonne Meusburger, winning 6-1 6-2



Australian Casey Dellacqua continued her good form with a 6-4 1-6 6-4 victory over Jana Cepelova



Serbian seventh seed Jelena Jankovic was another casualty, falling to Varvara Lepchenko 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-2), while Canadian Eugenie Bouchard was beaten 1-6 6-1 6-2 by Elina Svitolina



It was better news for Sloane Stephens of the United States, with the 17th seed overcoming qualifier Zarina Diyas 7-5 6-3, 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki prevailed 6-1 1-6 6-3 against Monica Puig, while 13th seed Roberta Vinci was upstaged 6-4 2-6 7-5 by Barbora Zahlavova Strycova



In other results, veteran 29th seed Venus Williams defeated Anna Schmiedlova 6-3 6-3, while fellow seed Alize Cornet triumphed 6-2 6-7 (0-7) 6-4 over Andrea Petkovic



Estonian 24th seed Kaia Kanepi battled past American Christina McHale 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-0)



Ajla Tomljanovic shocked 30th seed Garbine Muguruza 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 and Carla Suarez Navarro completed a routine 6-4 6-1 win against Chanelle Scheepers


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