Miami Open Week 1: What's happening on Saturday?

An electric atmosphere courtesy of a record evening crowd of 17,391 capped a busy Friday at the Miami Open presented by Itaú, with World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz prevailing over Brazil’s Joao Fonseca in their highly anticipated first ATP meeting.

The WTA No. 1 was also on court, and Aryna Sabalenka began her title defense with a straight sets win. Thirty-six seeded players were in action across the 44 matches that were played, and three Americans delivered upsets – Ethan Quinn downed No. 11 Casper Ruud, Reilly Opelka defeated No. 25 Jack Draper and Alycia Parks won against No. 33 Maria Sakkari.

Seeded Americans also found success, with No. 4 Coco Gauff, No. 6 Amanda Anisimova, No. 6 Taylor Fritz, No. 22 Tommy Paul and No. 32 Sebastian Korda among Friday’s winners. Eight matches – six WTA and two ATP – were postponed until Saturday due to early rain.

It’s shaping up to be a sensational Saturday with the conclusion of the second round in both draws on the schedule. Those matches include the last three men’s champions – Jakub Mensik, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev – as well as top WTA seeds Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka.

In addition, the WTA action will see the third round matches from the bottom half of the draw, a lineup that includes Coco Gauff, Amandia Anisimova and Alexandra Eala. It will also be the first day of doubles action with seven WTA matches on the schedule.

ORDER OF PLAY - Saturday, March 21, 2026

Stadium - start 12:00 PM
WTA - Francesca Jones (Great Britain) vs [5] Jessica Pegula (USA)
Not Before 1:00 PM
ATP - Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia-Herzegovina) vs [2] Jannik Sinner (Italy)
ATP - [WC] Rei Sakamoto (Japan) vs [9] Daniil Medvedev
Night Session - Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA - Alycia Parks (USA) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)
Not Before 8:30 PM
ATP - [WC] Martin Damm (USA) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (Germany)

Grandstand - start 11:00 AM
ATP - Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) vs [20] Learner Tien (USA)
Not Before 1:30 PM
WTA - Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) vs [15] Madison Keys (USA)
WTA - [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine)
WTA - [31] Alexandra Eala (Philippines) vs Magda Linette (Poland)
Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP - [8] Ben Shelton (USA) vs Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan)

Butch Buchholz - start 11:00 AM
WTA - [26] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
WTA – [Q] Talia Gibson (Australia) vs [16] Naomi Osaka (Japan)
WTA – [Q] Anastasia Zakharova vs [10] Victoria Mboko (Canada)
ATP - [Q] Adam Walton (Australia) vs [12] Jakub Mensik (Czechia)
ATP - [19] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Arthur Cazaux (France)

Court 1 - start 11:00 AM
ATP - [16] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain) vs Quentin Halys (France)
ATP - [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) vs Marton Fucsovics (Hungary)
ATP - Alex Michelsen (USA) vs [23] Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)
ATP - Gabriel Diallo (Canada) vs [31] Ugo Humbert (France)
ATP - [27] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Marin Cilic (Croatia)

Court 7 - start 11:00 AM
ATP - Zizou Bergs (Belgium) vs [29] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina)
ATP - [30] Corentin Moutet (France) vs Tomas Machac (Czechia)
ATP - [15] Andrey Rublev vs Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
ATP - [18] Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) vs [LL] Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina)

Court 5 - start 11:00 AM
ATP - [LL] Aleksandar Vukic (Australia) vs [Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain)
ATP - Terence Atmane (France) vs [26] Arthur Rinderknech (France)
WTA - [20] Diana Shnaider vs [12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
WTA - [13] Karolina Muchova (Czechia) vs Katie Boulter (Great Britain)

Court 2 - start 11:00 AM
WTA - [18] Iva Jovic (USA) vs Paula Badosa (Spain)
WTA - [23] Qinwen Zheng (China) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA)
WTA - [8] Mirra Andreeva vs [32] Marie Bouzkova (Czechia)
WTA - Sorana Cirstea (Romania) vs [21] Elise Mertens (Belgium)

Court 3 - start 11:00 AM
WTA - Laura Siegemund (Germany) / Vera Zvonareva vs Miyu Kato (Japan) / Zhaoxuan Yang (China)
Not Before 12:30 PM
WTA - [1] Sara Errani (Italy) / Jasmine Paolini (Italy) vs Shuko Aoyama (Japan) / Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)
Not Before 1:30 PM
WTA – [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) / Caty McNally (USA) vs Darija Jurak Schreiber (Croatia) / Giuliana Olmos (Mexico)
WTA - Ingrid Neel (Estonia) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia) vs Hailey Baptiste (USA) / Peyton Stearns (USA)

Court 6 - start 11:00 AM
WTA - [5] Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) / Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) vs Xinyu Jiang (China) / Yifan Xu (China)
Not Before 1:00 PM
WTA - Kristina Mladenovic (France) / Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) vs Eri Hozumi (Japan) / Fang-Hsien Wu (Chinese Taipei)
WTA - Alexandra Panova / Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) vs [2] Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) / Taylor Townsend (USA)

RESULTS - Friday, March 20, 2026

WTA Second Round
[1] Aryna Sabalenka d Ann Li (USA) 76(5) 64
[3] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) vs Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) check score on miamiopen.com
[4] Coco Gauff (USA) d Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) 36 64 63
[6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) d Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 61 57 64
[7] Jasmine Paolini (Italy) d [WC] Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 16 62
[9] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) d [WC] Emerson Jones (Australia) 62 64
[10] Victoria Mboko (Canada) d Anna Blinkova 62 60
[11] Ekaterina Alexandrova d [WC] Lilli Tagger (Austria) 63 63
[12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) d Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey) 63 62
[13] Karolina Muchova (Czechia) d Camila Osorio (Colombia) 46 62 75
Sorana Cirstea (Romania) d [14] Linda Noskova (Czechia) 62 36 64
Katie Boulter (Great Britain) d [17] Clara Tauson (Denmark) 67(4) 64 10 ret.
Hailey Baptiste (USA) d [19] Liudmila Samsonova 63 75
[20] Diana Shnaider d Tereza Valentova (Czechia) 76(7) 76(3)
[21] Elise Mertens (Belgium) d [Q] Elvina Kalieva (USA) 62 60
Anastasia Zakharova d [22] Anna Kalinskaya 36 61 75
[25] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) d Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) 64 64
[27] Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) d [LL] Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) 62 64
Caty McNally (USA) d Xinyu Wang (China) 64 16 60
[Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) d [30] Cristina Bucsa (Spain) 62 32 ret.
Alycia Parks (USA) d [33] Maria Sakkari (Greece) 63 63
Peyton Stearns (USA) vs [34] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) check score on miamiopen.com

ATP Second Round
[1] Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) d Joao Fonseca (Brazil) 64 64
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [5] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 76(3)
[6] Taylor Fritz (USA) d Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 63 67(2) 63
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) d [10] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 64 64
Ethan Quinn (USA) d [11] Casper Ruud (Norway) 64 76(7)
Raphael Collignon (Belgium) d [13] Flavio Cobolli (Italy) 75 63
[14] Karen Khachanov d Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) 63 63
[17] Luciano Darderi (Italy) vs [Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain) check score on miamiopen.com
[WC] Moise Kouame (France) vs [21] Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) check score on miamiopen.com
[22] Tommy Paul (USA) d Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 62 26 64
Mariano Navone (Argentina) vs [24] Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) check score on miamiopen.com
Reilly Opelka (USA) d [25] Jack Draper (GBR) 76(3) 76(0)
[28] Arthur Fils (France) d [WC] Darwin Blanch (USA) 62 63
[32] Sebastian Korda (USA) d Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Argentina) 60 63

ATP First Round
[WC] Rei Sakamoto (Japan) d Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 64 36 76(7)
[LL] Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina) d Valentin Royer (France) 75 67(9) 76(5)
Gabriel Diallo (Canada) d [WC] Yibing Wu (China) 62 76(3)
Arthur Cazaux (France) d [Q] Tomas Barrios Vera (Chile) 75 64
Terence Atmane (France) d Daniel Altmaier (Germany) 64 62
Marton Fucsovics (Hungary) d [Q] Christopher O'Connell (Australia) 76(6) 63
[Q] Adam Walton (Australia) d Sebastian Baez (Argentina) 62 62
Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) d Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) 76(5) 67(5) 62

Postponed
WTA - Francesca Jones (GBR) vs [5] Jessica Pegula (USA)
WTA - Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) vs [15] Madison Keys (USA)
WTA - [Q] Talia Gibson (AUS) vs [16] Naomi Osaka (JPN)
WTA - [23] Qinwen Zheng (China) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA)
WTA - [26] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
WTA - [18] Iva Jovic (USA) vs Paula Badosa (Spain)
ATP - Zizou Bergs (Belgium) vs [29] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina)
ATP - [LL] Aleksandar Vukic (Australia) vs [Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain)

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