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Britain's Jacob Fearnley is through to the second round of the Miami Open, clinching a deciding set against France's Benjamin Bonzi as part of a 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-4 victory.
The win puts the Scot through to the final 64, where he will face top seed and world No 2 Alexander Zverev of Germany.
Little separated Fearnley and Bonzi in the first set as both players held their serve to reach a tie-break, where qualifier Fearnley edged ahead to take the second set point of the match.
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Another tight encounter followed at the start of the second but Bonzi suddenly pulled away after breaking the Briton's serve twice to win the set.
Prior to the third set Fearnley took a medical timeout and, following another closely-contested set, the 23-year-old managed to see the match out to reach the last 64 - coming through a match which lasted two hours and 19 minutes.
Speaking to Sky Sports Tennis, Fearnley said: "That was extremely difficult, I was feeling my legs, especially my left leg twitching a little bit when I moved to a forehand.
"Just had to dig deep and luckily I got the break at the start of the third because I think that could have easily got away from me. Super happy to get the win and to move on."
Norrie defeated early while Gauff records double bagel
Cameron Norrie was handed a straight sets defeat by Bu Yunchaokete in the opening round of the competition, losing 6-4 6-2.
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Norrie had his serve broken in the opening game and, despite a determined fightback, trailed for most of the match as Bu pulled away to claim the first set.
Norrie continued to struggle and had his serve broken twice in the second set by Bu, who put in a dominant display - which included eight aces - to cruise into the second round.
Elsewhere, Coco Gauff recorded a double bagel over Sofia Kenin to ease into the third round.
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World No 1 Ayrna Sabalenka also coasted through as she beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-0.
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Highlights of the Miami Open match between world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka and Viktoriya Tomova
World No 40 Ashlyn Krueger provided an upset, beating seventh seed Elena Rybakina 6-4 2-6 6-4.
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