March 20, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Canadian No. 1 Leylah Fernandez takes the court along with the rest of the seeds in the top half as the Miami Open gets going in earnest.

She gets a rematch with the mercurial Alycia Parks, who shocked her in Australia at the start of 2024.

Also on tap: Coco Gauff v Sofia Kenin, reigning champ Danielle Collins vs. Sorana Cirstea in a late match, and Naomi Osaka all the way down on Court 1 vs. Samsonova.

(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

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Order of play

 

Stadium  (Noon start)

2. [3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs. Sofia Kenin (USA)

3. [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL)

5. [14] Danielle Collins (USA) vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (not before 8:30 p.m.)

 

Grandstand  (11 a.m.)

1. [9] Zheng Qinwwen (CHN) vs. [PR] Lauren Davis (USA)

5. [16] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) vs. [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) (not before 7 p.m.)

 

Butch Buchholz

1. [6] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) vs. Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)

2. [7] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs. Ashlyn Krueger (USA)

 

Court 1

3. [31] Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

4. [12] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. [WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA)

5. [24] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) vs. Naomi Osaka (JPN)

 

 

Court 2

1. [29] Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. [Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)

2. [26] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. Alycia Parks (USA)

3. [19] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. [Q] Taylor Townsend (USA)

4. [21] Donna Vekic (CRO) vs. [Q] Rebeka Masarova (SUI)

5. Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) vs. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)

 

Court 3

1. [5] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) vs. [WC] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN)

2. Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS) vs. [WC] McCartney Kessler / Robin Montgomery (USA)

3. Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) vs. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR)

 

Court 7

3. [18] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) vs. Magda Linette (POL)

4. [28] Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA)

 

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