On March 24, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA1000 Miami station began to compete, and Yuan Yue, the Chinese Jinhua who passed two levels in the qualifiers, competed against Davis, a native player who also broke through from the qualifiers. Yuan Yue lost 8 consecutive sets in the first set and lost 2-0 to the opponent, missing the first 1,000 match of his career.
In the first set, Yuan Yue missed 2 break points in the opponent's first set, and Yuan Yue also saved the break point in the 4th set. Yuan Yue missed three consecutive break point opportunities in the 5th set, and the two sides fought 3-3 in the first 6 sets. In the 7th set, Yuan Yue took the lead in completing the break, and then Davis quickly broke back to chase the set to 4-4. In the 9th set, Davis again defused the break point in the serve, and in the 10th set, Yuan Yue was broken in a set that had to be saved, and handed over the first set 4-6.
In the second set, Yuan Yue was broken by his opponent in the second set, Yuan Yue lost the serve again in the fourth set, and Davis made a 5-0 start after saving the set in the fifth set. In the 6th set, Yuan Yue saved the match point to save the set, but then Davis easily saved the set in the 7th set and won the second set 6-1.
In the end, in a game that took 1 hour and 34 minutes, Davis, who is ranked 94th in the world, defeated Yuan Yue 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Miami women's singles after eight years. In the next round, Davis will face the No. 7 seed Muguruza.