Kerber, Konta, Venus all advance at Miami Open

WORLD No1 Angelique Kerber came back from a break down in both sets to beat American Shelby Rogers 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday and move into the fourth round at the Miami Open. With no sign of the rain that interrupted the past two days on Key Biscayne, Kerber was joined in the round of 16 by Britain’s Johanna Konta, American Venus Williams and Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova, all of whom had comfortable wins. Williams beat Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig 6-3, 6-0 to set up a tough match with Russia’s Kuznetsova. Tenth seed Konta beat 57th ranked Pauline Parmentier of France 6-4, 6-0 to progress to face Spain’s Lara Arruabarrena.