Canadians Marino, Sebov out at tennis Miami Open

MIAMI — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino and Toronto’s Katherine Sebov were eliminated from the Miami Open tennis tournament on Thursday after each lost a second-round match to a seeded American opponent.

Marino was defeated 6-4, 6-3 by sixth seed Coco Gauff, while Sebov fell 6-3, 6-1 to third seed Jessica Pegula.

Marino broke Gauff to go up 3-2 in the second set, but the American won four straight games to claim the match.

Sebov started well, trading breaks with Pegula to sit at 2-2 early in the first set. But Pegula took over from there, scoring four more breaks against the Canadian qualifier en route to the victory.

It was Sebov’s second career match against a player in the WTA Tour top 10. She lost to world No. 4 Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Australian Open in January.

Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., faced seventh seed Maria Sakkari of Greece in women’s second round action Friday.