Miami Open Day 6 order of play: Pegula in enemy territory; Gauff in action

MIAMI – Jessica Pegula
Pegula’s family owns the Buffalo Bills, an NFL franchise on the rise. Perhaps their greatest rival in the AFC East is the Miami Dolphins. The Miami Open, it turns out, is being played at Hard Rock Stadium – home of those dreaded Dolphins.
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“It is weird,” Pegula told reporters, “super-weird, being on the field. I have been on field for the games. It feels so different. “We use it as our warm-up kind of lounge area, and this year they have the stadium set up.”
The No. 16-seeded Pegula beat Stephens 6-1, 6-4 on the stadium court Friday to advance to the third round. She is one of five Americans playing in eight matches Sunday in the bottom half of the draw.
Pegula, who lives up the road in Boca Raton, draws No.17 seed Elena Rybakina
No.14 Coco Gauff
No.14 Coco Gauff
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Off the court, Gauff sounds like a typical teenager. When a reporter asked if her parents – who are admittedly nervous attending her matches – ever crossed her mind when she was playing.
“No,” Gauff answered quickly, “I mean, I don’t care if they’re nervous. Too bad. It’s not my problem.
“My dad, I can’t even watch matches with him. I don’t really look at him when I’m on the court, but I would never sit next to him to watch another tennis match ever again.”
A win over Zhang would send her into the sweet 16, where she would meet the winner of fellow American Madison Brengle or soon-to-be World No.1 Iga Swiatek
No. 21 Veronika Kudermetova
While Jelena Ostapenko
Next up for Rogers is No.21 Veronika Kudermetova
Qualifier Lauren Davis
And finally ...
In the other matches, No. 5 Paula Badosa