​Sorana Kirstia will make her WTA 1000 debut in Miami, the last representative of Romania, who will meet Sloane Stephens in the second round.

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The Soran Kirstea – Sloane Stephens (WTA Miami) game will take place on Friday around 22:00.

The fourth match of the day will feature Kirstea vs. Stephens at Butch Buchholz Field. The match will start around 22:00 (Romanian time) and will be broadcast live on DigiSport 2.

Schedule for the day at Butch Buchholz Field:

• From 17:00 (Romanian time)

Andriy Rublev (5) – Tomas Mashak

Andy Murray – Thomas Martin Etcheverry

Kasper Ruud (7) – Luca Van Assche

Sorana Kirstea (19) – Sloane Stevens

Ons Zhaber (6) – Elina Evanesyan.

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What you need to know before the match between Sorana Kirstea and Sloane Stevens

• The winner of the match between Sorana Kirstea and Sloane Stevens will play in the third round with the winner between Russian Daria Kasatkina (11 WTA) and American Claire Liu (114 WTA).

• So far, Sorana and Sloan have met four times, and each of them has won twice: the Romanian in Dubai 2013 (5-7, 6-3, 6-2) and Dosi 2024 (6-4, 6-2), and the American at Roland Garros 2022 (3-6, 6-2, 6-0) and Indian Wells 2024 (6-0, 7-5).

• The presence in the second round is rewarded with $34,500 and 35 points in the WTA singles ranking.

• Last year’s Miami semi-finalist Sorana Kirstea has 390 points to defend (she ranks 28th in the WTA Live rankings – down four places).

• Romania had three other players in the main draw in Miami, but they all lost in the first round: Simona Halep (against Paula Badosa), Ana Bohdan (against Kateryna Siniakova) and Jacqueline Christian (against Diane Parry).

The WTA 1000 category tournament will be held in Miami from March 19 to 31. There are 128 players in main draw hard court play with a total prize pool of $8,995,555. The champion of the overall title is Petra Kvitova (she is pregnant and will not participate in this year’s edition).