Saturday\u2019s headlines from the 2026 Miami Open include Carlos Alcaraz and Joao Fonseca reacting to their first-ever meeting, as well as Coco Gauff surviving serving issues to win her opening match.<\/p>\n
We also have news of Gauff\u2019s opportunity to overtake Iga Swiatek in the rankings and Jack Draper\u2019s candid comments after his surprise defeat.<\/p>\n
Here is our latest roundup of the biggest stories from the Miami Open.<\/p>\n
World No 1 Alcaraz earned a 6-4, 6-4 victory against 39th-ranked Joao Fonseca in the second round of the 2026 Miami Open.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz said Fonseca \u201chas everything\u201d while also claiming that there are \u201ca lot of things to improve\u201d for the 19-year-old Brazilian star.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Spaniard also described the lofty expectations that some are imposing on Fonseca as \u201ca bit wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more: Miami Open: Carlos Alcaraz makes \u2018wrong\u2019 comment about Joao Fonseca expectations<\/a> Prior to his maiden encounter with Alcaraz in Miami, Fonseca played his first-ever match against world No 2 Jannik Sinner in Indian Wells earlier this month, losing in two tight sets.<\/p>\n The teenager assessed that Alcaraz \u201ccan do everything\u201d and \u201chas more arsenal than\u201d Sinner, while he described the Italian as \u201cmore like a robot that just kills the ball and does everything perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more: Miami Open: Joao Fonseca makes telling distinction between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/a> Draper, who was seeded 25th in Miami, was upset 7-6(3), 7-6(0) by the huge-serving Reilly Opelka in his opening match at the ATP 1000 event.<\/p>\n The former world No 4 said: \u201cThere is some disappointment because I never like to lose.<\/p>\n \u201cThe guy played an incredible match. He served out of his skin. It\u2019s a difficult one because I\u2019ve not played loads of tennis coming back from injury, so all credit to him.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more: Stunning statistics served up as Jack Draper suffers shock defeat at Miami Open<\/a> Gauff once again had to overcome problems with her serve in her 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against world No 44 Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round in Miami.<\/p>\n The world No 4 served 11 double faults and won only 31% of her second serve points in what was her first match since she retired against Alex Eala in Indian Wells due to a left arm injury.<\/p>\n Read more: Coco Gauff\u2019s serving nightmare continues in tight Miami Open battle<\/a> World No 3 Swiatek suffered a shock three-set defeat to fellow Pole Magda Linette in her opening match in Miami.<\/p>\n This has opened the door for Gauff to replace Swiatek in third position in the WTA Rankings if she reaches the final at the WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n Read more: WTA Rankings: How Coco Gauff can overtake Iga Swiatek after Pole\u2019s shock defeat<\/a> Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n The post Alcaraz \u2018has more\u2019 than \u2018robot\u2019 Sinner as Draper candid after shock loss and Gauff survives serving nightmare<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday\u2019s headlines from the 2026 Miami Open include Carlos Alcaraz and Joao Fonseca reacting to their first-ever meeting, as well as Coco Gauff surviving serving issues to win her opening match. We also have news of Gauff\u2019s opportunity to overtake Iga Swiatek in the rankings and Jack Draper\u2019s candid comments after his surprise defeat. Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nFonseca reveals difference between Alcaraz and Sinner<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nDraper reacts to surprise early Miami exit<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nGauff\u2019s serve struggles continue in opening Miami win<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nHow Gauff can leapfrog Swiatek in rankings<\/h2>\n
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