{"id":204117,"date":"2026-03-24T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204117\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:36:07","slug":"miami-open-heats-up-as-upsets-shake-field-quarterfinals-take-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204117\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Open heats up as upsets shake field, quarterfinals take shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.  \u2014 It\u2019s been a wild stretch at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/Miami_Open\/?ref=9gag\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/topic\/Miami_Open\/?ref=9gag\">Miami Open<\/a>, with major upsets on both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s sides as the tournament heads into the quarterfinals at Hard Rock Stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On the women\u2019s side, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is still rolling, cruising into the quarterfinals with a straight-sets win over Zheng Qinwen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She\u2019ll now face American Hailey Baptiste, who has been one of the biggest surprises of the tournament with a string of upset victories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">South Florida Native Coco Gauff is also making a strong run on her home court, advancing to her first Miami Open quarterfinal after a three-set win over Sorana Cirstea, of Romania. She\u2019s set to take on Belinda Bencic, of Siwtzerland at 7 p.m. Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, one of the biggest storylines came early, when Iga Swiatek, of Poland, suffered a shocking first-round exit. Shortly after, she announced that she\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/sports\/2026\/03\/23\/iga-swiatek-parts-with-coach-after-miami-open-shock\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/sports\/2026\/03\/23\/iga-swiatek-parts-with-coach-after-miami-open-shock\/\">splitting with her coach. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On the men\u2019s side, the draw has been just as unpredictable. World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/sports\/2026\/03\/22\/carlos-alcaraz-loses-to-sebastian-korda-in-the-third-round-of-the-miami-open\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/sports\/2026\/03\/22\/carlos-alcaraz-loses-to-sebastian-korda-in-the-third-round-of-the-miami-open\/\">knocked out in the third round<\/a> by American Sebastian Korda in a three-set battle on Sunday, which stands as the biggest upset in the tournament. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With Alcaraz out, Italy\u2019s Jannik Sinner is emerging as a strong favorite. He\u2019s been dominant so far, continuing an impressive run of form with another straight-sets win to reach the later rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There\u2019s been no shortage of drama elsewhere, with American Frances Tiafoe saving match points in a marathon win, and Francisco Cerundolo, of Argentina, pulling off a notable upset over Daniil Medvedev, of Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With the quarterfinals now set, the tournament is shaping up for an exciting finish \u2014 and plenty more surprises could still be ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiopen.com\/draws\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.miamiopen.com\/draws\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the Miami Open tournament bracket. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com\/ AssociatedPress.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s been a wild stretch at the Miami Open, with major upsets on both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-204117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}