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, was on the Grandstand court (the big stadium won’t see action until Wednesday). Down 0-5 to start, she managed to pull it out.
Also – 2023 Miami champion Petra Kvitova, who just returned from having her son last month and has since turned 35. She played Sofia Kenin, who won the doubles last year and grew up almost within walking distance of the stadium. Kvitova was competitive again, but came out on the short end again.
(Miami is on ET).
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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
Final results
Singles, first round
Notables
Sofia Kenin (USA) def [WC] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 75
Naomi Osaka (USA) def. [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 36 64 63
Americans
[WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA) def Olga Danilovic (SRB) 63 67 (5) 61
[PR] Lauren Davis (USA) def. [Q] Aoi Ito (JPN) 64 36 64
Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def Renata Zarazua (MEX) 63 62
Alycia Parks (USA) def Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 36 76 (0) 63
[Q] Taylor Townsend (USA) def Ann Li (USA) 36 64 62
Other results (in alphabetical order)
Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) def Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) 64 63
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 63 76 (5)
[Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def [Q] Claire Liu (USA) 75 46 63
Magda Linette (POL) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76 (3) 62
[Q] Rebeka Masarova (SUI) def [Q] Greet Minnen (BEL) 67 (4) 64 75
[Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def Polina Kudermetova (RUS) 61 67 (5) 63
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Yuan Yue (CHN) 62 26 76 (4)
Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) def. [Q] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) 36 61 63
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def. [PR] Caty McNally (USA) 63 26 63