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MIAMI, Fla. – The Canadians were able to get by good opponents in their first-round matches.

Now, it got serious as Bianca Andreescu played No. 7 seed Maria Sakkari, and later Leylah Fernandez met No. 9 seed Belinda Bencic.

And a lot of other good matches in store, including veteran Czech Petra Kvitova vs. Czech teen Linda Noskova.

Vondrousova vs Kudermetova also might shape up nicely, although the slower courts in Indian Wells definitely favour Vondrousova more than the quicker ones in Miami.

Miami – Friday, March 24, 2023 men’s final results

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Miami Open
Location: Miami, Fla. (WTA 1000)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 21 – April 2, 2023
Prize money: $8,800,000
Draw size: S96 / D32

Friday, March 24, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Canadian content

Bianca Andreescu (CAN) def [7] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 57 63 64

[9] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 61 61

Upsets

[Q] Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def [4] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 62 62
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. [5] Caroline Garcia (FRA) 62 63
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [11] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 64 62
[PR] Sofia Kenin (USA) def [28] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 63 64
[Q] Karolina Muchova (CZE) def [32] Zhu Lin (CHN) 64 62

Seeds advancing

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def Shelby Rogers (USA) 64 63
[15] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Linda Noskova (CZE) 63 60
[16] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 62
[17] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Wang Xinyu (CHN) 62 64
[18] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def [PR] Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 57 64
[19] Madison Keys (USA) def [WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) 64 64
[22] Donna Vekic (CRO) def. Madison Brengle (USA) 46 64 63
[31] Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def Anna Blinkova (RUS) 36 64 63

Other results

[26] Zhang Shuai (CHN) [LL] Magdalena Frech (POL) def [WC] Erika Andreeva (RUS) 46 61 61

Doubles, first round

[2] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) def. [WC] Brenda Fruhvirtova / Linda Fruhvirtova (USA) 63 46 [10-4]
[3] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. [WC] Danielle Collins / Peyton Stearns (USA) 36 61 [10-8]
[6] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def. Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 63 76 (1)

~~Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) / Zheng Saisai (CHN)~~ [ALT] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) def Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 36 61 [10-6]