Sloane Stephens – Angelique Kerber, the WTA 1000 first round match in Miami (Florida, USA) is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 at 17:00 and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2 / Digi Sport 4.

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Sloane Stephens (USA, 41 WTA), who is going through a difficult moment in her career, and Angelique Kerber (Germany, 342 WTA), who is returning to the competition after a break during which she gave birth, met in one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament in Florida

Sloane Stephens began the new year with a third-round qualifier at the Australian Open, where she was knocked out by Anna Kalinska 7-6, 1-6, 4-6, before losing in quick succession in Doha (first round), Dubai and Austin (second round each time). .

Before the Miami Open, Sloane Stephens reached the third round in Indian Wells, overcoming Mayar Sherif (7-5, 6-3) and Sorana Kirstea (6-0, 7-5) to exit Daria Kasatkina (6-2, 4 -6, 4-6).

Angelique Kerber gave birth in February 2023, and after her return played five tournaments without significant results (she won only one, at the United Cup, against Ayla Tomljanovic, score 4-6, 6-2, 7-6). .

In Indian Wells, the last tournament in which she participated before the Miami Open, Angelique Kerber had an excellent course and got past Petra Martic (6-3, 6-4), Jelena Ostapenko (5-7, 6-3, 6 -3 ) and Veronika Kudermetova (6-4, 7-5), who lost in the round of 16 to Caroline Wozniacki (4-6, 2-6).

The winner of the Sloane Stephens – Angelique Kerber match will meet Sorana Kirstea (Romania, 24 WTA) in the second round of the competition, who was free in the first round.

The two athletes have met seven times before, and Sloane Stephens leads Angelique Kerber 5-2 (the last head-to-head meeting was in 2021, in the third round of the US Open, when Angelique Kerber defeated Sloane Stephens 5). -7, 6-2, 6-3).

Superbet offers odds of 2.45 on the prediction of Total sets over 2.5: three sets, regardless of the winner, in the match Sloane Stephens – Angelique Kerber.

Sloane Stevens – Angelique Kerber More than 2.5 sets
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