Miami Open - WTA 1000

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DATE: March 23 - April 3, 2021
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: TBD
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Ashleigh Barty [2019]

Seeds:

1. Ashleigh Barty
2. Naomi Osaka
3. Simona Halep
4. Sofia Kenin
5. Elina Svitolina
6. Karolina Pliskova
7. Aryna Sabalenka
8. Bianca Andreescu
9. Petra Kvitova
10. Kiki Bertens
11. Belinda Bencic
12. Garbine Muguruza
13. Jennifer Brady
14. Victoria Azarenka
15. Iga Swiatek
16. Elise Mertens
17. Johanna Konta
18. Madison Keys
19. Marketa Vondrousova
20. Petra Martic
21. Elena Rybakina
22. Anett Kontaveit
23. Maria Sakkari
24. Angelique Kerber
25. Alison Riske
26. Yulia Putinseva
27. Ons Jabeur
28. Amanda Anisimova
29. Jessica Pegula
30. Ekaterina Alexandrova
31. Cori Gauff
32. Veronika Kudermetova

The Tournament:

The Miami Open (also known as the Miami Masters, and currently branded as the Miami Open presented by Itaú for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is part of the men's ATP Tour Masters 1000 circuit, and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's WTA Tour.

The tournament had historically been held at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida from 1987 through 2018, before moving to Miami Gardens for 2019. Behind the Indian Wells Masters, it is the second event of the "Sunshine Double"—a series of two consecutive hard court tournaments in the United States at the beginning of the season, which both are the only tournaments besides majors where main draw play extends beyond eight days.

In 2010, a record 300,000 visitors attended matches at the 12-day tournament, making it one of the largest tennis tournaments outside the four Grand Slams. In 2011, 316,267 visitors attended the Open.

About Miami Gardena:

Miami Gardens is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Its boundaries stretch from I-95 and NE 2nd Avenue on the east, to NW 47th and NW 57th Avenues on the west, and from the Broward County line on the north, to 151st Street on the south. The city name comes from one of the major roadways through the area, Miami Gardens Drive. According to the 2017 estimate from the US Census Bureau, the city had a population of 113,750, and it is the largest city in Florida that has a majority African American population. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.

Tourism Guide:




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Ukraine - Match TV, Poverkhnost
UK & Ireland - BT Sport
USA - Tennis Channel
Vietnam - Vietcontent

 

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Draw:

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Serena Williams has withdrawn due to recent oral surgery
Kaja Juan withdraws due to COID-19
A.Palyuchenkova withdraws,needs to heal her knee.
D.Kasatkina withdraws having just won St.Peterburg's title.
Kim Clijsters who received a WC wirhdraws not at the level she wants to compete after having knee repair surgery.
Donna Vekic withdraws recent knee surgery
Babora Strycova and Hsieh Su-Wei,A.Li also withdrew.

 

[Moxie]

I tried working my way through the draw. Ash Barty is back in action, and she's defending 2019. It's really hard to keep track of who's on form and who's not. But I picked Osaka to win it.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

My first thought looking at the women's draw is

Tennis Draw Gods what has Jessica Pegula done to have to play Karolina Pliskova three times in a row in a tournament? btw she has beaten her twice and will be going for a Hat Trick in Miami.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I tried working my way through the draw. Ash Barty is back in action, and she's defending 2019. It's really hard to keep track of who's on form and who's not. But I picked Osaka to win it.

Osaka is on a 21 match win streak,she is looking to make it past the 3rd for the first time in Miami.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I think Kiki Mladenovic has to rethink her tennis career,she quit doubles where she was an excellent player,to concentrate on singles?
she has been going out in the first round of tournaments,Collins defeated Kiki 63 63.Playing doubles does enhance your singles play,maybe she needs a new coach as well.,not her brother?

Great news story.....Ana Konjuh who has been sidelined since playing Brisbane tournament in 2018 due to having 4 surgeries on her elbow received a wild card into Miami and won her main draw match against Siniakova 76(3) 75....Welcome back Ana!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Sloane Stephens gets her first win since Roland Garos last September in 3 sets over O.Dodin.
Good to see she did not give up and her movement was 100% better than her last tournament.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Laura Siegemund has withdrawn from both singles and doubles due to a right knee injury.,late Wednesday night.Laura was due to play Azarenka who has a walkover to the next round.,she will play the winner out of Kerber or qualifer Renate Zarazua.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting match ups Thursday 25th March.

S.Halep (3) vs C.Garcia
M.Keys (18) vs A.Konjuh
A.Sevastova vs C.Gauff (31)
E.Svitolina (5) vs S.Rogers
A.Barty (1) Defending champion vs K.Kucova
P.Kvitova (9) vs A.Cornet
I.Swiatek (15) vs B.Krejcikova.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The Come Back continues Ana Konjuh d Madison Keys her first Top 20 win since 2017.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Ash Barty,still full of rust and making too many uncharacteristic mistakes saved a MP to break Kucova------final set 5 all.

Sabalenka..............for the life of me why are you going to Pironkova's bhand? it is her bread and butter shot....wake up

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

It was a Ugly Win from the No 1 seed and defending champion Ash Barty,saving a MP to defeat K.Kucova 63 46 75

 

[Moxie]

It was a Ugly Win from the No 1 seed and defending champion Ash Barty,saving a MP to defeat K.Kucova 63 46 75

Just watched the replay of that...ugly, indeed. But that was a champion's win, too. Just didn't give up and made it happen.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting match ups Friday 26th March,

B.Andreescu vs T.Martincova
S.Stephens vs A.Anisimova (28)
G.Muguruza (12) vs X.Wang
E.Rybakina (21) vs K.Kanepi
S.Kenin (4) vs A.Petkovic
N.Osaka (2) vs A.Tomljanovic

 

[Hoergren]

NOT THE EASIEST WIN FOR NAOMI BUT SHE SERVED WELL AT THE RIGHT MOMENTS

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Osaka extends her winning streak, 22nd straight match win, with a tough match over Tomlijanovic 76(3) 64

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just watching Andreescu playing qualifer Martincova,Bianca was very lucky to win the 1st set 76(5)
Bianca found her range better in the 2nd set,Martincova could not keep up her level of the 1st set.
Bianca needs improvement on her serve,her DFs will cost her in future matches and against seasoned players
Andreescu (8) d Martincova (Q) 76(5) 62

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Interesting match ups Saturday 27th March,

Victoria Azarenka (14) vs Angelique Kerber (24)
Azarenka leads H2H 8-1,she is also a 3 time Miami champion 2009,2011 and 2016.

Ash Barty (1) vs Jelena Ostapenko Ash leads H2H 2-1
Hopefully Ash has dusted off the rust and UFE after her first match where she saved a MP and rallied to win in 3 sets.

Simona Halep (3) vs Anastasija Sevastova
10 meeting,Halep winning the past five matches,though she did have a shoulder problem in her first rd match.

Aryna Sabalenka (7) vs Veronika Kudermetova.(32)
In her previous match against Pironkova,Sabalenka saved 2 MP to eventually win.Sabalenka H2H 2-0 over Kudermetova.

Iga Swiatek (15) vs Ana Konjuh......first meeting.

Petra Kvitova (9) vs Johanna Konta (17)
Petra holds a H2H 3-2,Konta won the most recent meeting at 2019 Wimbledon.Konta is the 2017 Miami champion.

Elina Svitolina (5) vs Ekaterina Alexandrova (30)
Elena has a H2H 2-0 over Ekaterina.Elina has not played to her level so far this year.Their last meeting in Abu Dhabi went 3 sets.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Simona Halep has withdrawn due to right shoulder injury.Sevastova has a walkover to the RD of 16

Jennifer Brady withdraws dye to right thigh injury.The doubles team of Barty/Brady is replaced in the draw by Garcia/Podoroska.