March 18, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Tuesday night be a bit of a light day in Miami, with the first-round action not including any seeds.

But with a couple of notable and accomplished moms returning (at various stages) from maternity leave, there are a couple of Grand Slam champions in the house.

Naomi Osaka, whose 2025 season hasn’t been going well in part because of injury, is on the Grandstand court (the big stadium won’t see action until Wednesday).

Also – 2023 Miami champion Petra Kvitova, who just returned from having her son last month and has since turned 35. She plays Sofia Kenin, who won the doubles last year and grew up almost within walking distance of the stadium.

(Miami is on ET).

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Miami Open
Location: Miami, Fla.
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour) 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates:  March 18 – 30, 2025
Prize Money: $8,963,700
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Order of play

 

Grandstand (11 a.m. start)

1. Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Varvara Gracheva (FRA)

2. Naomi Osaka (USA) vs. [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR)

3. Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. [WC] Petra Kvitova (CZE)

4. Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs. Renata Zarazua (MEX)

 

Butch Buchholz

1. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) vs. [PR] Caty McNally (USA)

2. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)

3. [PR] Lauren Davis (USA) vs. [Q] Aoi Ito (JPN)

4. Ann Li (USA) vs. [Q] Taylor Townsend (USA)

 

Court 1

1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs. Magda Linette (POL)

2. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)

3. [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) vs. [Q] Claire Liu (USA)

4. Olga Danilovic (SRB) vs. [WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA)

 

Court 7

1. Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs. Yuan Yue (CHN)

2. Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) vs. [Q] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)

3. Polina Kudermetova (RUS) vs. [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)

4. [Q] Greet Minnen (BEL) vs. [Q] Rebeka Masarova (SUI)

 

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