On March 18, local time, the first round of the women's singles competition in Miami WTA1000 began, and only one Chinese player Yuan Yue played that day, after 2 hours and 23 minutes of competition, Yuan Yue defeated the Czech good player Siniakova 2-6/6-2/6-7 (4) to stop the first round, and the instant ranking fell to No.99.

Yuan Yue's data map

After reaching the women's singles round of 16 in Brisbane in the first week of this year, Yuan Yue suffered a first-round trip in the singles main draw in Hobart, Australian Open, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Austin, Indian Wells, and Miami in seven consecutive tournaments. After deducting last year's Austin title and Indian Wells quarter-finals, Yuan Yue's world ranking has slipped to the top 100 mark, and if she fails to achieve good results in the next few weeks, she may not be able to qualify for the main draw of this year's French Open.

In a clash between the Grand Slam champions, homegrown Kenin edged their head-to-head record at 2-2 with a 6-4, 7-5 win over former tournament champion Kvitova and set them in the second round against third seed Gauff. Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova made her postpartum comeback debut in Austin last month, but she suffered three straight defeats in both Austin and Sunshine.

Naomi Osaka data map

Former world No.1 Naomi Osaka overcame a hard-fought 3-6, 2-4 deficit to beat qualifier Starodhubtseva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 28 minutes. It was Naomi Osaka's first win since reaching the third round of this year's Australian Open (retiring against Bencic), and she will next face 24th seed Samsonova in the second round.

Zheng Qinwen's first opponent of the tournament was local player Davis, who defeated qualifier Aoi Ito 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, Davis won his first singles main draw win since the 2023 US Open, with whom Zheng and Davis have no previous record of fighting.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)