Two recent men’s champions were dispatched Monday, but the women’s defending champion and highest remaining men’s seed both advanced.
On the woman’s side of the draw, a trio of Americans have joined in the final eight by including: Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, and Hailey Baptiste. And Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion, continued her dominance yesterday, winning her ninth straight Miami match — now taking 17 consecutive sets here.
On the men’s side, Florida-based Frances Tiafoe saved a couple match points in his third-set tiebreak win over defending champ Jakub Mensik, while Francisco Cerundolo downed 2023 winner Daniil Medvedev. Second seed Jannik Sinner, the 2024 champion, had no such trouble as he was victorious Monday night.
It’s down to the final eight for the WTA, and the first two quarterfinals will take place Tuesday. The afternoon contest will see Victoria Mboko taking on Karolina Muchova. They met just last month in the Doha final, which Muchova won.
In the nightcap, No. 4 Coco Gauff will attempt to reach her first Miami semifinal when she plays Belinda Bencic, against whom she has a 4-2 record. The entire men’s Round of 16 will be played Tuesday, with five Americans – Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda and Alex Michelsen – among those aiming for the quarterfinals.
The Miami Open presented by Itaú will also be hosting an adaptive tennis clinic Tuesday at 1 p.m. on Courts 17-18 in collaboration with Love Serving Autism, welcoming young athletes on the spectrum to participate in an inclusive on-court session at Hard Rock Stadium. The clinic will bring together youth athletes, coaches and their families to experience tennis in a fun and safe environment.
ORDER OF PLAY – Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Stadium – start 12:00 PM
ATP – [21] Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) vs [6] Taylor Fritz (USA)
Not Before 2:00 PM
WTA – [10] Victoria Mboko (Canada) vs [13] Karolina Muchova (Czechia)
Not Before 4:00 PM
ATP – Alex Michelsen (USA) vs [2] Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Night Session – Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA – [12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)
Not Before 8:30 PM
ATP – Quentin Halys (France) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (Germany)
Grandstand – start 11:00 AM
ATP – [32] Sebastian Korda (USA) vs [Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain)
ATP – [24] Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) vs [28] Arthur Fils (France)
Not Before 2:00 PM
ATP – [29] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs [22] Tommy Paul (USA)
Not Before 4:00 PM
ATP – Terence Atmane (FRA) vs [19] Frances Tiafoe (USA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP – [31] Ugo Humbert (FRA) vs [18] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
Butch Buchholz – start 11:00 AM
WTA – Xinyu Jiang (China) / Yifan Xu (China) vs [2] Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) / Taylor Townsend (USA)
WTA – Sofia Kenin (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova vs [3] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
WTA – Storm Hunter (Australia) / Jessica Pegula (USA) vs Mirra Andreeva / Victoria Mboko (Canada)
Court 1 – start 11:00 AM
ATP – [1] Marcel Granollers (Spain) / Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) vs Theo Arribage (France) / Albano Olivetti (France)
ATP – [4] Harri Heliovaara (Finland) / Henry Patten (Great Britain) vs Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) / David Pel (Netherlands)
ATP – Evan King (USA) / John Peers (Australia) vs [3] Christian Harrison (USA) / Neal Skupski (Great Britain)
RESULTS – Monday, March 23, 2026
WTA Singles Round of 16
[1] Aryna Sabalenka d [23] Qinwen Zheng (China) 63 64
[3] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) d [Q] Talia Gibson (Australia) 62 62
[4] Coco Gauff (USA) d Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 64 36 62
[5] Jessica Pegula (USA) d [34] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) 64 61
[12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) d [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 62 62
[10] Victoria Mboko (Canada) d [8] Mirra Andreeva 76(4) 46 60
[13] Karlina Muchova (Czechia) d [31] Alexandra Eala (Philippines) 60 62
Hailey Baptiste (USA) d [25] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 63 64
ATP Singles Third Round
[2] Jannik Sinner (Italy) d [30] Corentin Moutet (France) 61 64
[3] Alexander Zverev (Germany) d Marin Cilic (Croatia) 62 57 64
Terence Atmane (France) d [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 63 16 63
[18] Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) d [9] Daniil Medvedev 06 64 75
[19] Frances Tiafoe (USA) d [12] Jakub Mensik (Czechia) 76(4) 46 76(11)
[31] Ugo Humbert (France) d Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) 64 76(2)
Quentin Halys (France) d Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) 76(4) 61
Alex Michelsen (USA) d Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) 36 63 64
WTA Doubles Second Round
[1] Sara Errani (Italy) / Jasmine Paolini (Italy) d Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) / Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain) 64 64
[3] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil) d Ekaterina Alexandrova / Fanny Stollar (Hungary) walkover (Alexandrova back)
[4] Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Shuai Zhang (China) d [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) / Caty McNally (USA) 63 76(7)
Xinyu Jiang (China) / Yifan Xu (China) d Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) / Tereza Valentova (Czechia) 63 62
[6] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) d Miyu Kato (Japan) / Zhaoxuan Yang (China) 62 61
Sofia Kenin (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova d Ingrid Neel (Estonia) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia) 63 46 10-6
Storm Hunter (Australia) / Jessica Pegula (USA) d Mirra Andreeva / Victoria Mboko (Canada) walkover (Andreeva low back)
ATP Doubles First Round
[2] Julian Cash (Great Britain) / Lloyd Glasspool (Great Britain) d Petr Nouza (Czechia) / Patrik Rikl (Czechia) 64 63
[5] Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) / Mate Pavic (Croatia) d Alexander Erler (Austria) / Robert Galloway (USA) 61 63
Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (Croatia) d [6] Guido Andreozzi (Argentina) / Manuel Guinard (France) 61 76(6)
[7] Simone Bolelli (Italy) / Andrea Vavassori (Italy) d Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) / Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) 63 76(5)
[8] Hugo Nys (Monaco) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) d Robert Cash (USA) / JJ Tracy (USA) 64 63
Kevin Krawietz (Germany) / Neil Oberleitner (Austria) d [WC] Benjamin Kittay (USA) / Ryan Seggerman (USA) 64 64
Sadio Doumbia (France) / Fabien Reboul (France) d [WC] Constantin Frantzen (Germany) / Robin Haase (Netherlands) 62 64
Orlando Luz (Brazil) / Rafael Matos (Brazil) d Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) / Andres Molteni (Argentina) 64 64
Sander Arends (Netherlands) / John-Patrick Smith (Australia) d Yuki Bhambri (India) / Michael Venus (New Zealand) 46 75 15-13
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