Miami quarters & rain
The Miami Open reaches women’s quarterfinals on March 24–25 with Coco Gauff and Victoria Mboko among the names advancing as the tournament navigates weather at Hard Rock Stadium — rain and the temporary court roof are already causing scheduling headaches. Expect shifting afternoon windows and more delays as organizers juggle matches through March 29. (olympics.com) (nytimes.com)
All 37 matches scheduled for Wednesday were cancelled after persistent downpours left courts unplayable, forcing organizers to push dozens of fixtures into later days. (atptour.com) The tournament’s official schedule now splits women’s quarterfinals across daytime and evening sessions—campus opens at 10:00 AM with matches beginning at 11:00 AM for afternoon sessions, and evening sessions open at 5:00 PM with play starting at 7:00 PM—making order-of-play windows highly dependent on weather. (miamiopen.com) Hard Rock Stadium’s “stadium court” is a temporary, modular structure seating roughly 13,800 built inside the Dolphins’ football bowl, a configuration that delivers intimacy but leaves the court exposed when the permanent stadium has no dedicated tennis roof. (tennistours.com) Tournament engineers and reporters say the combination of a temporary court surface and the stadium’s field drainage has made water removal slow after heavy showers, a vulnerability that has reignited questions about permanent covering at the venue. (nytimes.com) Coco Gauff’s next match is listed against Belinda Bencic for the March 24 evening session, with ESPN’s live bracket showing a 7:00 PM ET slot assigned to that quarterfinal pairing. (espn.com) Victoria Mboko reached the last eight by defeating Mirra Andreeva 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-0 in the fourth round, a victory reported by Tennis Canada and the WTA that extended Mboko’s 2026 momentum. (tenniscanada.com) The Miami Open’s FAQ reiterates a one-for-one ticket exchange policy for cancelled sessions and warns that orders of play remain subject to change, meaning fans with affected session tickets should monitor official updates and emails from organizers. (miamiopen.com)
