Japan’s Naomi Osaka superior into the fourth spherical of the WTA and ATP Miami Open by walkover on Sunday after Serbian Nina Stojanovic withdrew attributable to a proper thigh damage. Second-ranked Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, will subsequent face the winner of a later match between Belgian sixteenth seed Elise Mertens and Twenty second-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia.
“I’m sorry I can’t continue my participation at the Miami Open due to my recent injury during my singles match,” Ninety fifth-ranked qualifier Stojanovic stated in a press release.
Osaka, who lifted her fourth Grand Slam title lst month in Melbourne, is seeded second behind top-ranked Australian Ashleigh Barty.
