Overview
- Fourth seed beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, overturning a 0-2 deficit in the final set in a two-hour, 15-minute match.
- Gauff committed 11 double faults and showed inconsistency on serve despite winning a high percentage of first-serve points.
- The match was her first since retiring at Indian Wells on March 8 with a nerve issue, and she has said the sensation is easing day by day.
- Gauff said most of her team wanted her to skip Miami, but she overruled them and is keeping expectations low.
- Alycia Parks set up the all-American third-round meeting by defeating Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-3.