In the early morning of March 24, Beijing time, the first round of the women's singles of the WTA1000 Miami station was contested, and in a focus battle, Grand Slam quadruple champion Naomi Osaka met with the world's 96th-ranked Australian Sharma. After two sets of competition, Naomi Osaka eliminated her opponent 2-0 and successfully advanced to the second round of the women's singles.
Naomi Osaka broke in the second set to take a 3-0 lead in the opening set. In the 4th set, Sharma saved two consecutive break points to save the set, and in the 6th and 8th sets Sharma served the same, also saving two consecutive break points to save the set. In the 9th set, Naomi Osaka successfully saved the ball to win the set and win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Naomi Osaka broke in the 3rd set and then the love game saved to take a 3-1 lead. In the 9th set, Sharma saved three end-of-match points and managed to save her serve, and in the 10th set, Naomi Osaka saved four consecutive points to win the match and win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 20 minutes, Naomi Osaka defeated Sharma 6-3, 6-4 to successfully pass the second round of the women's singles. Naomi Osaka's opponent in the next round will be the 13th seed and three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber, who has played each other five times before, with Kerber winning 4 and losing 1.