serena williams cruised into the third round of the miami open on saturday with a comfortable victory over monica niculescu the two players had failed to get on court on friday due to the weather but the delay did not distract the top seed and she claimed a 6 3, 6 1 victory to set up a clash with 15 year old cici bellis williams had withdrawn from the semi finals of the bnp paribas open last week with a knee injury but insisted her fitness was not a concern serena williams cruised into the miami open third round with a comfortable victory over monica niculescu  'it was a little sore in practice, but it was okay today,' she told wwwwtatenniscom 'i really didn't feel it to be honest on the court you have so much adrenaline going, and the adrenaline kind of kills it 'so i was surprised i felt pretty good' sixth seed eugenie bouchard was also playing catch up after the weather and she made a shock exit as she lost 6 0, 7 6 (7/4) to qualifier tatjana maria in the remaining second round matches to be completed, sara errani beat anastasia pavlyuchenkova 6 1, 7 6 (7/5) and angelique kerber was a 7 5, 3 6, 6 4 winner over heather watson williams insisted her fitness was not a concern following the knee injury suffered during last week's bnp paribas open semi finals  fourth seed caroline wozniacki moved into the last 16 with a 4 6, 6 1, 6 3 victory over kaia kanepi and will next face venus williams, a 6 4, 7 6, (7/3) winner against samantha stosur daria gavrilova, the russian wild card who shocked maria sharapova earlier in the week, continued her fine run with a 6 0, 7 6 (7 5) win over kurumi nara to set up a clash with karolina pilskova who beat paula badosa gibert 7 5 6 1 ekaterina makarova was a 6 0, 6 4 victor over elina svitolina and will next face andrea petkovic, who beat kristina mladenovic 6 0, 6 2, while carla suarez navarro's 6 0 6 4 win over alize cornet earned her a clash with agnieszka radwanska, a 6 2, 4 6, 6 2 winner against irina camelia begu caroline wozniacki (above) moved into the last 16 with a 4 6, 6 1, 6 3 victory over kaia kanepi  in the men's event, top seed novak djokovic overcame a wobble to beat martin klizan the serb won the first set to love but then lost the second before closing out a 6 0, 5 7, 6 1 win and he will next face steve darcis who beat gilles muller 6 4, 6 7 (2/7), 6 3 fourth seed kei nishikori beat mikhail youzhny 6 2 6 1 and will face viktor troicki, who overcame simone bolelli 7 5, 3 6, 6 4, while fifth seed milos raonic was a 6 1 6 4 winner against teymuraz gabashvili, next meeting jeremy chardy who beat jurgen melzer 6 4 6 1 jo wilfried tsonga won his first match of the season after a spell out with injury as he beat tim smyczek  david ferrer was a 6 1, 6 1 winner over federico delbonis to set up a clash with lukas rosol, a 7 6 (7/0), 6 3 winner over alexander zverev jo wilfried tsonga won his first match of the season after a spell out with an arm injury as he beat tim smyczek 6 4, 3 6, 6 3 to set up an all french clash with gael monfils who won 3 6 6 2 7 6 (7/4) against filip krajinovic fernando verdasco will face fellow spaniard rafael nadal in the third round after a 4 6, 6 2, 6 1 win over james duckworth while there were also victories for jack sock, john isner, alejandro falla, juan monaco, grigor dimitrov, alexandr dolgopolov, jerzy janowicz, david goffin, adrian mannarino, gilles simon and thomaz bellucci
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serena williams earns 6 3, 6 1 victory against monica niculescu to reach miami open thirst round  williams had withdrawn from bnp paribas open last week with a knee injury  american star insists she 'really didn't feel' any knee pain 