With rain causing huge delays in the first few days of the tournament, Day 4 at the WTA 1000 in Miami will feature a lot of matches in a race against the clock (and the weather) to get the tournament back on schedule. Should the weather allow it, this Friday will be a true tennis feast, with many high quality and tightly contested matches.<\/p>\n
Head-to-head:<\/strong> Bencic 1-0 Sonmez<\/p>\n Even though Sonmez played quite well in the first round against Beatriz Haddad Maia, Bencic is a significant step up in level. Bencic hasn’t managed to get any big results so far this year and this is another opportunity to finally do so. She will be highly motivated and most likely prevail in relatively easy fashion as she did in their previous meeting. Head-to-head:<\/strong> Bucsa 2-0 Starodubtseva<\/p>\n Busca might be the much higher-ranked player with a 2-0 head-to-head, but on a surface like this it is a much closer matchup than that history would seem to indicate. Still, Bucsa should have the edge, but Starodubtseva could well push her to her very limits if she maintains the level she showed in qualifying and in the first round. Head-to-head:<\/strong> Wang 1-0 McNally<\/p>\n Wang won a very close three-setter when the pair faced earlier this year in Auckland and this could well be a similarly tight match. Wang might be the superior player in general, but she has been struggling with her game in recent tournaments and McNally definitely has enough weapons to make this a real contest, decided by fine details.
\nPrediction:<\/strong> Bencic in 2<\/p>\nYuliia Starodubtseva vs Cristina Bucsa<\/h4>\n
\nPrediction:<\/strong> Bucsa in 3<\/p>\nCaty McNally vs Xinyu Wang<\/h4>\n
\nPrediction:<\/strong> Wang in 3<\/p>\nJessica Pegula vs Francesca Jones<\/h4>\n