Miami Masters Tennis Picks 2023 (March 21st)

The first of the Sunshine Doubles is in the books with Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina winning the Indian Wells titles on Sunday, but there is no rest for the top players on both Tours as the Miami Masters is set to get into main draw action.

Once again the top Seeds will Receive a Bye into the Second Round, which means they do have a few days of rest between the two Masters tournaments.

Soon the attention will be moving from the hard courts to the clay courts as the run to the French Open begins from early April, but for now this is a big opportunity for those players that enjoy the hard courts to pick up some more vital World Rankings. Novak Djokovic is going to be missing from the ATP Masters event in Miami as he did in Indian Wells, but the status for entry is set to change in the United States and that should mean the current World Number 2 is able to travel for the big Masters events played before the US Open later in the year.

It does mean Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev will once again be the leading contenders to win the title, while the WTA Tour might finally have seen a couple of contenders head to the fore to challenge Iga Swiatek. The reality is that both Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will be a threat in three of the four Grand Slams that are played on the Tour, but both will have something to prove when it comes to the clay courts on which the World Number 1 is a clear favourite to win the next Slam to be played.

The tournament schedule will have a more familiar feel than the Indian Wells one as we prepare for another couple of weeks of Masters Tennis.

A productive tournament was produced for the Tennis Picks thanks to Carlos Alcaraz beating Daniil Medvedev in the ATP Final at Indian Wells and I am looking for further progress at the Miami Masters. The updated seasonal and monthly totals can be seen below as I look for a strong opening to the Miami Tennis Picks to keep the momentum going into the clay court season.

The Tennis Tour is a long one and so you have to expect some peaks and troughs when the inches go against the selections, but I am happy with my adjustments that have produced a good set of results over the first two and a half months of the 2023 season.

I will have longer threads for days at the event as the tournament progresses, but for Tuesday you can see my selections below.

MY PICKS: Yulia Putintseva - 2.5 Games @ 1.80 Bet365 (2 Units)

Camila Giorgi - 3.5 Games @ 1.80 Bet365 (2 Units)

Tennis 2023: + 24.39 Units (243 Units Staked, + 10.04% Yield)

March 2023: + 10.45 Units (79 Units Staked, + 13.23% Yield)

February 2023: + 0.26 Units (18 Units Staked, + 1.44% Yield)

January 2023: + 13.68 Units (146 Units Staked, + 9.37% Yield)