The sun that attracts most people to southern Florida was torture for Heather Watson on Wednesday but she refused to wilt in her best unyielding fashion . The British No 1 was resilient in the fierce mid-day heat , and edged closer to beating her career-high ranking with a sometimes agonising 3-6 , 6-1 , 7-5 victory over Russia ’ s Evgeniya Rodina to make the Miami Open second round . Having beaten a host of highly regarded players to reach the fourth round of Indian Wells last week , she nearly came unstuck against the nuggety Russian , ranked a modest 95 in the world . It was a testament to Watson ’ s fighting qualities , rather than an advert for the silky skills of the WTA Tour , but hardly less worthy for that . Heather Watson celebrates during her three sets victory over Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina . Watson is currently ranked 41 in the world , three off her all-time best . She now faces Germany ’ s Angelique Kerber , the number fifteen seed , who has tumbled out of the top ten and is scratching around for any kind of form in 2015 . The British No 1 is having to do it solo as well , as the only female player from Wimbledon ’ s host nation to inhabit the top 150 in Laura Robson ’ s absence . It is a bleak situation , and there seems little in the way of any coherent performance plan from the Lawn Tennis Association to improve things . The 22 year-old from Guernsey usually benefits in these conditions from having spent much of her teenage years in Florida , although not much can make the kind of steaming heat encountered on Wednesday much more comfortable . 26-year-old Evgeniya Rodina hits a forehand during the prolonged contest in Miami with Watson . British No 1 Heather Watson with coach Diego Veronelli during her Miami Open round one win . Watson keeps her eye on the ball during a tough three sets victory in sweltering conditions in Miami . After recovering from a start that made it hard to believe she had beaten Agnieszka Radwanska last week – her first top ten scalp – Watson appeared to have cracked her opponent by forging a 5-2 lead in the third . When serving for it at 5-3 , however , she could not finds a first serve and was broken . She just about squeezed through when she broke Rodina at 6-5 , the Russian hurling her racket across the court on the final point that she lost via a net cord . Earlier Andy Murray had found out his opponent in the second round of the men ’ s event to be played on Friday after receiving a bye . American Donald Young , who he beat recently in the Davis Cup , went through when his opponent Yen Hsun Lu defaulted with injury at 1-5 down . British youngster Kyle Edmund is due to be play Wednesday evening in the first round against Dutchman Robin Haase . Watson shakes hands with her Russian opponent having prevailed 3-6 , 6-1 , 7-5 in the Miami Open first round .
British No 1 managed to prevail after losing the first set to win 3-6 , 6-1 , 7-5 . The World No. 2 was able to hold serve for a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes in his match against world number one Heather Watson faces World No 15 Angelique Kerber in the next round .