On March 24, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA1000 Miami race began to compete, and the Chinese Golden Flower King Rose who broke through from the qualifiers competed, and her opponent was Kruger, a local player with a wild card. The two sides fought fiercely in three sets in this game, and Wang Qiang achieved a reversal after losing the first set, eliminating the opponent 2-1.
In the first set, Kruger took the lead in the 6th set to complete the break and take a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Wang Qiang missed 2 break point opportunities, and the opponent stubbornly saved the success. In the 9th set, Wang Qiang defused 2 sets to complete the break and chased the set to 4-5. In the 10th set, Kruger broke Wang Qiang's serve and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Wang Qiang broke the opponent's serve as soon as he came up, and in the second set, Kruger completed the break. In the 11th game of the match, Wang Qiang completed a key break in the opponent's serve and won the set 6-5. In the 12th set, Wang Qiang defused the break point to save the serve and won the second set 7-5.
In the decider, Wang Qiang broke successfully in the opponent's first serve, Wang Qiang broke again in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set she saved the break point to save the set and made a 4-0 start. In the 5th set, Kruger saved 4 break points and stubbornly saved the serve, and in the 6th set, Wang Qiang lost 4 consecutive points to send the starting set, and the opponent chased it to 2-4. In the 7th set, Wang Qiang broke down four consecutive points to win the game 5-2. In the 8th set, Wang Qiang successfully saved the serve and won the decider 6-2.
Finally, in a game that took 2 hours and 21 minutes, China's Jinhua Wang Qiang defeated the world's 448th-ranked Kruger with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 reversal, and advanced to the second round of the Miami women's singles with three consecutive wins. In the next round, Wang Qiang will face the 14th seed Gao Fu, which will be the fourth meeting between Wang Qiang and Gao Fu. In the past year, Gauff has defeated Wang Qiang twice in the red soil, and wang Qiang defeated his opponents at the Australian Open earlier this year.