Superlative Sloane Stephens too good for Kerber in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Cirstea at the Miami Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens rolls over Kerber to play Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber

Sloane Stephens blitzes Angelique Kerber 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Miami on Wednesday after playing a good match to face off with Sorana Cirstea in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. Sloane won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
Miami
Stephens's Record

Stephens added to her prize money $ 11,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Stephens will add $ 24,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Angelique Kerber Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Kerber
Sloane Stephens
6-2 6-3
1h:10
Angelique Kerber
68
68
Total points
50
50
30
30
Winners
25
25
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
73%
73%
70%
70%
1st won
58%
58%
30/43
30/43
1st won
25/43
25/43
50%
50%
2nd won
25%
25%
8/16
8/16
2nd won
4/16
4/16
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/2
1/2
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 68 points vs. Kerber’s 50.

Stephens

Stephens was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).

Kerber

On the other side, the German was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Stephens and Kerber is 6-2 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Stephens will face Cirstea in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Sloane Stephens and Sorana Cirstea clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Stephens and Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Stephens won 6-0 7-5 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2024.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Stephens 6-2
StephensKerber
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
StephensKerber
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
StephensKerber
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StephensKerber
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
StephensKerber
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
StephensKerber
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
StephensKerber
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
StephensKerber
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
StephensKerber
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Sloane in this set was too good for Kerber and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the German in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Stephens failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Sloane converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Stephens didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 68 points. Stephens won 14 points more than Kerber (41-27). Sloane conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Kerber conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

2nd Set -
Stephens 6-3
StephensKerber
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StephensKerber
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
StephensKerber
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
StephensKerber
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensKerber
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
StephensKerber
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
StephensKerber
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
StephensKerber
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.

There was an important spell in this set when Stephens won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 1-2 to 5-2.

The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the German converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 50 points. Stephens won 4 more points than Angelique (27-23). The American dropped 11 points on serve (16-11). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

1st
Stephens
Kerber
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Stephens
Kerber
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
 

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