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MIAMI, Fla. – In her first unofficial/official match as No. 1, Poland’s Iga Swiatek has a tricky one against Madison Brengle – the American whom very few people would voluntarily choose to face.

Paula Badosa, the other player who had a mathematical chance of taking over the No. 1 ranking next week (but only if Swiatek lost her first match and Badosa won the whole thing), also faced a fun task in Yulia Putintseva. She handled it.

ATP Miami Open – Sunday, March 27, 2022 final results

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Miami Open
Location: Miami, Fla.
Category: WTA 1000 (joint event with the ATP Tour)
Dates: March 21 – April 3, 2022
Prize money: $8,584,055
Draws: S96 – D32

Sunday, March 27, 2022
Final results

Singles, third round

[WC] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [12] Victoria Azarenka 62 30 retd

[2] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Madison Brengle (USA) 60 63
[5] Paula Badosa (ESP) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 63 62
[14] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Zhang Shuai (CHN) 76 (1) 75
[16] Jessica Pegula (USA) def [17] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 63 64
[21] Veronika Kudermetova def Shelby Rogers (USA) 61 75
[28] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def [Q] Lauren Davis (USA) 75 61

Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 26 64 62

Doubles, second round

[1] Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens (BEL) def Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 62 36 [10-8]

Alizé Cornet (FRA) / Jil Teichmann (SUI) def Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 61 63
[ALT] Magda Linette (POL) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [WC] Belinda Bencic (SUI) / Ana Konjuh (CRO) 62 63
[ALT] Ekaterina Alexandrova / Wang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def Paula Badosa (ESP) / Aryna Sabalenka 63 76 (7)