Monday tennis acca tips: Coco Gauff to display title credentials

Coco Gauff continues her bid for another big title on home soil at the Miami Open.

Gauff has survived the great seeded player cull in rounds two and three.

In the round of 16, she will face former WTA 1000 champion Caroline Garcia.

Here we dive into making picks for selected matches at the Miami Open on, Monday 25 March.

 

ATP Miami Open: Alexander Zverev vs Christopher Eubanks | Pick: Zverev

ATP Miami Open: Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff | Pick: De Minaur

ATP Miami Open: Sebastian Korda vs Hubert Hurkacz | Pick: Hurkacz

ATP Miami Open: Grigor Dimitrov vs Yannick Hanfmann | Pick: Dimitrov

WTA Miami Open: Maria Sakkari vs Anna Kalinskaya | Pick: Sakkari

WTA Miami Open: Madison Keys vs Elena Rybakina | Pick: Rybakina

WTA Miami Open: Victoria Azarenka vs Katie Boulter | Pick: Boulter

WTA Miami Open: Coco Gauff vs Caroline Garcia | Pick: Gauff

 

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ATP Miami Open: Alexander Zverev vs Christopher Eubanks

Alexander Zverev has been in impressive form this season despite a reduced workload, and he will be out to make another Masters quarter-final when he faces Christopher Eubanks.

Eubanks has kept the flag flying for the US while Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe have fallen.

Zverev won the only previous meeting between these players when they clashed in Geneva last term.

That match was on clay, but Zverev should translate his form on hard courts to Miami.

 

ATP Miami Open: Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff

Alex De Minaur is among the ATP Tour's hottest properties right now, after recent wins, and should have the beating of Jan-Lennard Struff.

These two players have evenly split their previous four meetings, and their head-to-head is locked in a tie at 2-2.

It has been over three years since these men have clashed on a hard court, but Struff did win a clay court battle in 2023.

De Minaur's recent title win makes him the clear favourite here, despite their even career rivalry.

 

ATP Miami Open: Sebastian Korda vs Hubert Hurkacz

Sebastian Korda owns a famous five-set win over Hubert Hurkacz from the 2023 Australian Open, but the Pole has since exacted some revenge.

Hurkacz has won three of their four meetings, including their most recent clash at the Paris Masters.

Hurkacz holds the rankings edge and will be a tough man to stop in Miami.

Korda will need to lift himself to get one over on Hurkacz, but he has inspiration from a past win.

 

ATP Miami Open: Grigor Dimitrov vs Yannick Hanfmann

Grigor Dimitrov and Yannick Hanfmann go head-to-head at the Miami Open on Monday in a first career meeting.

While Dimitrov and Hanfmann had similar records in 2023, the former has started 2024 on fire.

Dimitrov has raced to 16 match wins in the time it has taken Hanfmann to pick up his seven wins.

Dimitrov looks to be close to his best, and that is top-ten quality at the very least

 

WTA Miami Open: Maria Sakkari vs Anna Kalinskaya

This will be the second time that Maria Sakkari and Anna Kalinskaya face off on the WTA Tour.

The last time that they locked horns, Sakkari won, with Kalinskaya retiring in the second set in a meeting in Moscow.

Sakkari is playing very consistently at the moment, and while she doesn't have a huge amount of power her accuracy can be lethal.

Anna Kalinskaya has beaten more than handy players Xiyu Wang and Jelena Ostapenko to reach this stage and so shouldn't be written off altogether.

 

WTA Miami Open: Madison Keys vs Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina has been made to work hard in her two matches to date battling beyond Clara Tauson and Taylor Townsend across three sets each.

Keys has claimed two of her three match wins this season in Miami.

A lack of match time over the season could hurt Keys in this one.

Rybakina lost the final here last season and will be out to add the title to her list of honours.

 

WTA Miami Open: Victoria Azarenka vs Katie Boulter

Former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka faces rising Brit Katie Boulter in an intriguing matchup.

This will be the first time these players meet on the WTA Tour, and will be both players' 18th match of the season.

Boulter has one more match win to her name this season, and will be hunting another big upset.

They both defeated seeded players last time out and will be feeling confident ahead of this meeting.

 

WTA Miami Open: Coco Gauff vs Caroline Garcia

Gauff and Garcia have split their four meetings to date, but they have not met since 2022.

Gauff's form has since skyrocketed, and she will want to edge back in front in this rivalry.

Garcia has won the last two meetings between the players which came two seasons ago.

Gauff has outlined a deep desire to keep on winning and has a great chance to go a long way in Miami.