Ana Ivanovic and Lindsay Davenport advanced into the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open with comfortable wins and will next face each other.

Second-seeded Ivanovic defeated Frenchwoman Emilie Loit 6-1 6-2, while three-time Grand Slam champion Davenport beat another French player Camille Pin 6-2 6-1.

Ivanovic defeated world No.93 Loit in just 47 minutes. You can hardly finish a match faster than this. In addition, the Serb only dropped a total of six points on her own serve.

Davenport made her first appearance at the Tier I tournament in Miami after a five-year absence. In today’s match, Pin struggled with injury and Davenport said she realized Pin wasn’t able to run down as many balls as she could if she hadn’t been injured.

The match-up at the Sony Ericsson will be the first career meeting between Ivanovic and Davenport. (photos: Getty Images)

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Twelfth seed Nicole Vaidisova lost to Russian qualifier Alisa Kleybanova 6-4 6-0 in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open.

Kleybanova, ranked 83rd in the world, demolished world No.15 Vaidisova with the help of a 70 first serve percentage, an 80 first serve points won percentage, a 69 second serve points won percentage, and thirteen aces.

The 18-year-old Kleybanova will next face compatriot Vera Zvonareva, who is seeded 19th in Miami. (via Women Who Serve, photo: Getty Images)

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The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Player Awards ceremony was held at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida on Thursday night. Six players were honored for their achievements both on and off the court with each award winner receiving a Waterford crystal amethyst trophy. Read more »

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Marina Erakovic is recognized as the first New Zealand's woman to enter the Top 100 for over twenty years — the feat she achieved after reaching the semifinal of Memphis in February. At the Sony Ericsson Open, currently being played in Miami, Erakovic has been making good use of her wildcard.

New Zealand must be very proud as the 20-year-old defeated world No.70 Martina Muller 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 in the first round, and today world No.34 Michaella Krajicek 6-2 3-6 6-2, to reach the third round at the Tier I tournament in Miami.

Erakovic, who is currently ranked 101st in the world, will next face either world No.87 Marta Domachowska or sixth seed Venus Williams.

Good read: Check out what Chris Lewis, Erakovic’s coach for nine years, said about her. (photo via stuff)

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Justine Henin and Serena Williams made comfortable starts with straight-sets wins in round two of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Top-seeded Henin beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-2, while eighth-seeded Williams defeated Romania’s Edina Gallovits 6-1 6-2.

Today's match in Miami was Henin’s first since the end of February when she was upset by Francesca Schiavone in Dubai quarterfinals, the tournament Henin had never been defeated at before. Henin made the one-month break in order to rest her knee and train properly. (photo via Getty Images)

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