Chinese tennis sensation Zhang Shuai eased past Sofya Zhuk in two straight sets 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the 2016 Miami Open on Tuesday.

The world No. 68 women's tennis player Zhang established an early 3-1 lead during the first set of the match. The 2016 Australian quarterfinalist extended the gap to 5-1 and wrapped up the opening set in just 24 minutes as the 16-year-old Russian failed to fend off the Chinese tennis star.

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In the second set of the match, Zhang applied pressure on the service game of Zhuk, who was the 2015 Wimbledon Junior Girls' winner. The tournament's wildcard tried to hang on, fighting off two break points, but eventually yielded to trail 0-2.

Zhang, 27, kept up her serve to bring the set to 5-2 and capitalized on her first match point on the seemingly pressured youngster to finish victory in less than an hour.

Zhang will next play the tourney's 12^th seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine for the third round berth.  The 21-year-old Svitolina is currently ranked by the WTA as the world No. 16.

She won the recently concluded BMW Malaysian Open and managed to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open. It will be the first time that the two professional tennis players will clash on the court.

Meanwhile, the former doubles world No.1 Peng Shuai of China defeated Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium (WTA's world No. 53) in two straight sets 6-3, 7-5 of their first round match and enters the next stage of the prestigious tennis event.

China's top player World No. 62 Zheng Saisai failed to advance to the next round after she yielded to world No. 108 Kiki Bertens of The Netherlands 6-3, 6-2 upset defeat.

The Miami Open is a Premier Mandatory event with prize money of US$6,134,605.00. The matches are played on a hard surface. ;ast year's winners are Serena Williams for the women's singles and Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza for the women's doubles.

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