Miami Open 2026

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This event kind of got over shadowed by IW. Back in the day, it was my fav of the 2.

Anyway, 

Miss_Vee, your boy Shapo has dangerous Van de Zand

[Miss_Vee]

Sek, I briefly looked at the draw, and winced when I saw that first round draw for Denis.  Didn’t look his draw beyond that match….😂!  That’s what happens when you don’t keep winning matches to maintain your ranking.

Anyway I saw on social that Petra Kvitova is pregnant and expecting a baby girl sometime this year.  

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That's good news about Petra. Happy for her.

[Miss_Vee]

Sek, I just saw a video clip of Moise Kouama’s post match interview on Tennis Channel.  He is the newest kid on the ATP tour, whom you had mentioned a few weeks ago.  I think he played Montpellier in February this year.  He just turned 17 years on March 6th.  Anyway he just won his first ATP Masters match.  Not sure if it’s his first ATP match.

Anyway, he moves on to the second round.  Richard Gasquet is his Coach!  Love his French accent.  He joins an elite group of players who had won their first Masters matches as teens. His coach is amongst them.  Rafa heads the list.

[Miss_Vee]

I see that Venus is in her losing first round matches tour…😢

[fedexpress06]

It's atrocious Miss Vee.  She can't move at all anymore.  They need to stop giving her wild cards.  It's outrageous.  And she still almost won both sets and at the AO was up 4-0 in the deciding set lol

[Miss_Vee]

Fedex, I cannot bear to watch her matches anymore.  What is Venus doing?  She seems to have a distorted view of herself playing tennis.  Is she aware of how awful she looks now?  I’m being traumatized watching her now….lol.  

Venus, just turn the page on this chapter in your life.

[Miss_Vee]

Fonseca is in court facing Maroszan, who apparently has beaten him in their first meeting.  Everyone had already pencilled him in as Alcaraz’s second round opponent.  That was rude!  Maroszan should not be taken lightly. They are tied at 1 set each.

[Miss_Vee]

Fonseca won his match.  He will meet Carlos for the first time on Saturday I suppose.

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

Saturday Fireworks. Alcaraz will have his hands full.

[Miss_Vee]

Well folks, um….Iga has reached the bottom of the barrel now.  Zero confidence.  Magda Linette turned that match around to win 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.  I didn’t watch the entire match….just here and there, but Iga has no game any longer on hard court.  It will be interesting to see what happens when she lands on her favourite surface in April.

[Miss_Vee]

Why do I have a feeling that Iga simply wants to get off the hard courts and return to clay, where she is more sure footed?  That may bring her some confidence.  However, I think she has a chance of not reaching a final on clay also.  We shall see what unfolds in the next month.

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

Miss_Vee, like we have all said in the past, Iga rarely problem solves out there on court. He plays one way and if it is not working, he panicks and starts over bashing the ball. 

She is another player who just looks sad out there. Players should find a way to enjoy tennis. I can't stand to watch players who are always stressed and miserable. 

[Miss_Vee]

Sek, why are you referring to Iga as “he” and not “she?”  😆.  Are you t also questioning her gender?  Or was that an honest mistake? 

Anyway to your point about panicking, she has made a confession in her post match interview that it’s mental for sure.  She doesn’t know the answer yet.  We see it in her body language and in her face.  She needs to rely on her inner self as well.  From the time she started on tour, she hired a sports psychologist.  I thought it was fine at first.  However I can now see that she is too heavily reliant on others.  These girls need to problem solve as much as possible on their own.

[Miss_Vee]

Mboko dismissed Blinkova in less than an hour of playing time 6-2, 6-0.  More than 30 winners….lol

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

lol, Miss_Vee, I swear I typed when i was half asleep. I don't question her gender. But you cracked me up with that question. 

Iga's game is good enough for her to stay top 3, if only she could just breathe during these matches. I am not a fan, but I want her in the mix.

Well at least she now gets extra time to prepare for clay.

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

Mboko beginning to bake goodies, look out. This tells me she is staying focus.

[Miss_Vee]

Sek, I have to say that Amanda Anisimova is a bit of a disappointment so far this year.  It feels as if she feels the pressure of being a top 10 player, and that she has to represent her seeding.   Of course that would be great.  However, it’s all in her mind, but she has to come out and just play her game.  I can also see the panic in her face.  She was just serving for the match facing Ajla Tomljanovic, and was broken at 15-40.  Couldn’t get the game back to neutral.  Hope she can still win the match.  They are in late stages of 3rd set.

[Miss_Vee]

Finding it difficult to watch both Gauff and Swiatek.  Their matches are so ugly.  I prefer clean hitting of Rybakina, Osaka, now Mboko, Kalinskaya, along with Muchova, Tauson.  (Sabalenka without the screaming lol).  I think a few other WTA players like Tjen who have variety of shot as well.

Gauff lost the first set to Cocciaretto 3-6

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

Miss_Vee, how did Sakkari lose to Parks? 🤣🤣

[Miss_Vee]

Didn’t see that match Sek.  We here in Ontario are under a blackout because of March madness.  We have some streaming matches from our TSN feed, but have only 1 stream for WTA matches.  So I can only view Gauff’s match.

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

I see Draper lost to Opelka. 

[Miss_Vee]

I saw a bit of that match.  Normally Jack is able to return better.  He did the best that he could, because I think he hadn’t recovered well enough from the Djokovic match.  Remember Indian wells was his second or third tournament back from that horrendous injury.

Carlos and Fonseca on court.  Match is about to begin Sek.

[Miss_Vee]

C’mon guys and girls, you have to sit TV side for this match….lol!!!

[Miss_Vee]

Omigod !!  Fonseca!!  What a pass to catch Alcatraz out,

[Miss_Vee]

Alcaraz won the first set, and had 2 break points on Fonseca’s serve in the first game of the second set.  C’mon Alcaraz, put this kid away.  He’s not yet ready to beat you or Sinner, although he was closer to Sinner last week in the score.

Alcaraz has the break now.

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Fonseca can't defend like Carlos and Jannik.  That's the only difference right now I think: the ability to go from offense to defense or just flat out hit ridiculous shots while defending which end up as winners.  Fonseca needs to become monomaniacal in his focus when it comes to fitness.  That is non-negotiable if he wants to take the next step.  I get the sense he has that desire unlike someone like Denis.  

Now for the women, Osaka is a 🤡.  Remember when everyone said she was the heir apparent to Serena just because she hit blindfolded winners on the run while performing a triple axel while riding a pogo stick on a balance beam when playing Serena?  Remember when it was considered a failure to make 4 GS finals for a mid to late 30s woman who gave birth, nearly died while giving birth, had multiple blood clots and subsequent complications from it?  this is why I have zero respect for this clown.  

[Miss_Vee]

Fedex!!!  Re: Osaka….🤣

I honestly thought this youngster didn’t have the chops to bother Osaka.  Never saw the match, and happy that the match wasn’t available for me.  I have said it before and will say it again.  Osaka is ✅.  Stick her with a fork!!

[Miss_Vee]

Am refusing to watch Coco vs Parks.  Cannot imagine how horrendous it might be to watch.  Will wait for tomorrow’s matches on the women’s side.

[fedexpress06]

Heinous tennis.  Gauff would be a QF at best back in the golden era with those DFs. Occasional deeper runs possible.   Think Nathalie Tauziat 

[Miss_Vee]

Fedex, you just confirmed it.  I was actually watching something on Netflix, then decided to stop, and saw Parks up 40-0 in the second set, but down 0-3, then watched her double fault her way to 0-4…🤣🤣.🤣.

Had to stop myself from hurling…😂

[Miss_Vee]

I called it Fedex.  No way is Naomi Osaka satisfied with being out early in tournaments.  She has admitted that in her post match presser.  She said, and I quote, “I know what it takes to be the best player or one of the best players in the world.”  She added that she struggles with the balance between spending time with her daughter, and devoting herself to tennis.  Plus at the moment she is struggling still with back injury, and continues to have issues with abdominal strain, made worse by her pregnancy.  

I didn’t see the match.  Couldn’t get coverage.  I do have sympathy for her plight.  She can also call upon the Dad to be present for his daughter.  That’s what had enabled Vika to return to the sport at first.  Anyway, it seems as though the writing is on the wall.  She will play the European clay season. Beyond that, nothing was confirmed.