Linda Fruhvirtova, 16, is into the last-16 of the Miami Open after Viktoria Azarenka abruptly retires

Linda Fruhvirtova, aged just 16, is into the last-16 of the Miami Open after Viktoria Azarenka retires at 6-2 3-0. Fruhvirtova, who lost in the first round of Miami Open qualifying a year ago, has progressed to the fourth round after a shock win against the two-time Grand Slam winner. Ad/> The Czech player will face Paula Badosa in the next round of the WTA 1000 event after the Spaniard beat Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-2 earlier in the day.

WTA MiamiRussian star Zvonareva displays 'no war' message at Miami Open8 HOURS AGO Fruhvirtova, who beat No. 20 seed Elise Mertens 7-5 2-6 6-1 in the second round, says she will remember her win over Azarenka forever. «I saw it wasn't her best tennis but of course I didn't want it to end this way,» Fruhvirtova said after the match.

«Vika is one of the players I grew up watching and she is definitely the one to look up to. I hope that she feels better as soon as possible. »I don't think I've ever played in such a big stadium and these are the memories I'm going to remember forever." Fruhvirtova, who already has three ITF titles to her name, was unstoppable against her Belarusian opponent.

The Czech teenager quickly won the opening three games of the first set. Azarenka was able to recover at 3-2, but Fruhvirtova responded by breaking the former world No. 1's serve again and reeled off a further two games to take the first set in 34 minutes.