On Tuesday local time, WTA1000 Miami will continue to open the wonderful "Sunshine Double", 27 of the women's world top 30 participate, the world's first Barty, the world's third Barty and Russia's pavlyuchenkova announced their withdrawal before the game.
Top 16 seed alignment:
[1 Sabalenka vs[15] Svitolina
[11] Radukanu vs[6] Ka-Pliskova
[3] Cantawirt vs[13] Kerber
[9] Collins vs.[8] Abdul-Jabbar
Top 16 seeds in the lower half of the zone alignment:
[5] Badosa vs[12] Azarenka
[16] Pergula vs[4] Sakkari
[7] Muguraza vs[10] Ostapenko
[14] Gauff vs[2] Svatek
Sabalenka
The top 32 seeds enjoy a first-round bye, with Sabalenka leading the draw as the top seed, and the second round will be played against Romanian player Begu or local wild card player Battist. Sabalenka's potential opponent in the third round is 25th seed Casakina, and in the fourth round he will face 22nd seed Bencic.
Two former world number one players, Halep and Kapliskova, are also in Zone 1/4, with Halep expected to meet last year's US Open champion Radukanu in the third round, and Radukanu's opponents in the second round will be formed between Snyakova and a qualifier. Ka-Pliskova, the runner-up of the 2019 tournament, made her season debut in Indian Wells, losing to Kovinic in her first match. The Czech will continue to pursue her first win of the season in Miami, with her second-round opponents set to line between Montgomery and a qualifier.
Contawirt
No. 3 seed Cantawirt leads the 2/4 zone, and although the Estonian star is out early at Indian Wells, she is still a favourite to win the title. Contavet is expected to face two Grand Slam champions, Naomi Osaka or Kerber, in the fourth round. Naomi Osaka will play Australian player Sharma in the first round with a wild card, and if she can pass the first round, she will play three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber in the second round.
This year's Australian Open runner-up Collins will appear as the No. 9 seed in Miami after exiting Indian Wells due to injury, and she will face the winner between France's Garcia and Bunda in the second round, and her potential opponent in the fourth round is No. 8 seed Jabbar.
Sakkari
Sakkari, who finished second in the women's singles at WTA Indian Wells, and No. 4 seedEd Bardoza, both in the 3/4 zone, met in the semi-finals of Indian Wells last week, and they are expected to face each other again in the quarter-finals. But before that, Bardoza's potential opponent in the fourth round is the 12th seed Azarenka, who is the three-time winner of the Miami race, Azarenka won three times in 2009, 2011 and 2016.
Swataker
New Indian Wells champion Swatek is eager to continue the winning streak in Miami, with Poland's youngster's opponent in the second round set to be between Grubić and a qualifier. No. 7 seed Mugurazza, also in Zone 4/4, is expected to face two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova in the third round and No. 10 seed Ostapenko in the fourth round.
In the Chinese legion, Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen directly entered the women's singles main competition with the ranking, Zhang Shuai will play Danish rising star TaoSen in the first round, and if he can pass the first round, the second round will fight the 24th seed Costia. Zheng Qinwen's first-round opponent is Polish player Reinet, and if he can advance to the second round, Zheng Qinwen will have the opportunity to play against No. 8 seed Abdul-Jabbar. Wang Qiang, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zhu Lin and Yuan Yue will compete in the women's singles qualifiers.
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(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)