MIAMI OPEN
Miami Open: who plays today, Saturday 30 March? Collins, times, TV and streaming
The United States’ Danielle Collins is chasing the women’s singles title today, as she takes on Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in the final in Florida.
Danielle Collins will appear in her first ever WTA 1000 final today, when the American takes on Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in the women’s singles trophy decider at the 2024 Miami Open.
Can Collins follow in Clijster’s Miami Open footsteps?
Collins, who announced in January that this will be her final year on the WTA Tour, beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semi-finals on Thursday, downing the 14th seed with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Ranked at 53 in the world, the Floridian is aiming to become the first unseeded player to win the Miami Open women’s singles title since Kim Clijsters in 2005.
Rybakina, who is seeded No. 4, beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 in the semi-finals. The 24-year-old was runner-up at the Miami Open last year, losing the final in straight sets to the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova.
Collins vs Rybakina: head to head
Collins won the players’ first meeting, triumphing in two sets in the quarter-finals of the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic - a tournament she went on to win.
Since then, however, Rybakina has had the upper hand, claiming three victories in a row against the 30-year-old. Most recently, she won 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at this year’s Abu Dhabi Open in February, on her way to lifting the title.
Krajicek aiming for doubles title
There is also US interest in today’s other game at the Miami Open, as Texan Austin Krajicek goes for men’s doubles success together with Croatia’s Ivan Dodig. They take on India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden.
Saturday 30 March 2024: Miami Open order of play
Session 23: Not before 12:30pm ET/9:30am PT
Men’s doubles final:
Austin Krajicek (USA) & Ivan Dodig (Croatia) vs Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden (Australia)
Women’s singles final:
Danielle Collins (USA) vs Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Miami Open: how to watch
Viewers in the US can watch the 2024 Miami Open on the Tennis Channel.
You have the option of streaming the Tennis Channel live on the online platform fuboTV, which offers a free trial to new users.
What happened yesterday at the Miami Open?
In the men’s singles on Friday, Grigor Dimitrov followed up his surprise quarter-final win over the tournament favourite, Carlos Alcaraz, by defeating No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev in the semis.
Dimitrov, who is seeded at 11 in Miami, beat Zverev 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.
The Bulgarian will meet No. 2 seed Jannick Sinner in Sunday’s final, after the Italian overcame defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 in Friday’s second last-four clash.
In the women’s doubles, US pair Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands booked their place in the final with a 6-7, 6-4, 10-1 victory over Italy’s Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.
Kenin and Mattek-Sands will face Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe, after they saw off the American duo Asia Muhammad and Alycia Parks (6-7, 6-4, 10-4).