We move into the Miami Masters WTA Third Round on Saturday as the tournament rolls on and the remainder of the Seeded ATP players get their events underway.
With the time difference, the Miami tournament update will be added to the thread on Saturday once all of the results have been confirmed.
Despite a busy day of action scheduled at the event, the layers look to be firmly on top of the markets and the only two selections both come from the WTA matches and can be read below.
Coco Gauff - 4.5 games v Maria Sakkari: You never want to get carried away over one result, but Coco Gauff should have gained plenty of confidence after producing a double bagel in beating former Australian Open Champion Sofia Kenin.
She will also be well aware that the challenges will be much tougher the deeper Coco Gauff is able to get into the Miami tournament over the remainder of the month.
Next up is Maria Sakkari and Coco Gauff will be looking to frank the form that saw her beat the Greek player last week in Indian Wells. That means Coco Gauff has won three of the last four meetings with Maria Sakkari with all of those taking place on the hard courts and there is no doubt that Sakkari is not playing at the level that once took her into World Number 3.
The second serve has been something of a weakness for Maria Sakkari, while her return numbers have also dipped on the hard courts in her sixteen matches played in 2025. It took three sets to win in the First Round and Sakkari has struggled to string victories together, while the relatively straight-forward loss to Coco Gauff in Indian Wells will not have been forgotten.
Both players struggled with the second serve in that match in California- this has been an issue for Coco Gauff for a little while now with the Double Faults far too common a feature of her matches than she would like. However, there was a big difference in the impact landing the first serve had for both players and Coco Gauff may feel she can get even more out of that shot on the faster Miami courts.
This is a big spread if Coco Gauff is struggling with her first serve percentage, but Maria Sakkari has not been playing at a high level and the American can use the support from the stands to eventually ease through to the Fourth Round.
Naomi Osaka - 4.5 games v Hailey Baptiste: Two wins in a row in Miami to add to the First Round win in Indian Wells will just prevent Hailey Baptiste from slipping out of the top 100 in the World Rankings.
She was perhaps fortunate to beat Daria Kasatkina in the Second Round, but the American can play with some freedom having perhaps already gotten further than she would have imagined when the draw was made.
Beating two top 50 Ranked opponents will have done Hailey Baptiste the world of good as far as confidence goes and there may be an opportunity against Naomi Osaka.
That is mainly down to the fact that Naomi Osaka has struggled for consistency in form and health since returning to the WTA Tour- the desire to play with the 'big dogs' remains as high as ever, but Osaka has not really strung the wins together as some may have imagined since returning to the Tour and that has left her as the World Number 61.
Two solid wins in Miami will help, but it does say plenty that two of the three losses suffered this season have ended in a mid-match retirement. It is something that makes it more difficult to trust Naomi Osaka's body to be held together as she plays a third match in the same tournament for just the third time in 2025.
Helping is the fact that Naomi Osaka has crushed Hailey Baptiste once already this season and this is an opponent that will have a similar approach to the former World Number 1.
That approach means following a big serve with a heavy forehand, but Baptiste did look a little weary when falling over the line against Daria Kasatkina and it is going to be much harder to contain Naomi Osaka if the latter is playing anywhere near the level produced in the Second Round.
Both players have had issues on the return when it comes to hard court matches, but the Osaka serve has been much more consistent compared with the World Number 98.
Hailey Baptiste will feel she has little to lose, but Naomi Osaka's qualities should give her the edge and she can cover a big number, even at her current level in her career.
MY PICKS: Coco Gauff - 4.5 Games @ 1.66 Bet365 (1 Unit)
Naomi Osaka - 4.5 Games @ 2.10 Bet365 (1 Unit)
Miami Update: 6-2, + 3.38 Units (8 Units Staked, + 42.25% Yield)
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