The organizers of the Miami Open tournament announced the program for March 22, during which Sorana Kirstya and Ana Bohdan will debut in the “WTA 1000” competition.

Sorana Kirstea and Ana Bohdan will play on Wednesday at the Miami Open

Match between Sorana Kirstea (74 WTA) and Fernanda Contreras Gomez (179 WTA, wildcard) will perform at the Butch Buchholz Arena (after Erika Andreeva – Ashlyn Kruger) on the second day and will start around 18:30 (Romanian time).

In the next round, the winner will defeat Caroline Garcia (4th WTA, 5th favorite). Sorana beat the Frenchwoman in Indian Wells.

Ana Bohdan (60 WTA) will play against the American Robin Montgomery (193 WTA, wildcard) in the second match on court 3 (after Oleksandr Sasnovich – Dalma Galfi). The match will also start at 18:30.

The winner will face Madison Keys (seeded No. 19) in the second round.

Canadian Bianca Andreescu Players of Romanian origin (31 WTA) and British Emma Reducanu (72 WTA) will meet in the first match at the Stadium from 18:00.

The one who wins will have a difficult task in the next round: she will play against Maria Sakkari (7th favorite).

Know:

• Sorana and Ana achieved notable results in the last tournaments they participated in: Kirstia reached the quarterfinals in Indian Wells, and Bohdan finished eighth in Dubai (from qualifying).

• Romania is also represented at the competition in Florida and Fr Iryna Beguwhich has already qualified for the second round.

The Miami Open takes place from March 21 to April 2 on hard, is in the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $8,800,000. There are 96 players in the main draw, and the reigning champion is Iga Svyatek.