Preview: Miami Open: Petra Kvitova against Sofia Kenin forecast, shape, head to head

Petra Kvitova And Sofia Kenin In the first round of the Miami Open in a competition between two former Grand Slam champions.

Both women contest a rescheduling of their encounter in the third round 2018, with the 2023 champion for the first time since their maternity leave on the WTA tour on the WTA tour.

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Kvitova returns to the scene of her 2023 title success.

The two-time Slam winner could not defend her title 12 months ago because she took time, but the former world No. 2 is back in 2025 to avoid excretion in the first round against Kenin.

Without qualifying, the Czech star held a record of 23-12 at the 1000-level event before her maternity leave after reaching the fourth round, the quarter-finals and in the three years before her break from 2024 from the tour.

The veteran now plays an uptake after the return, highlighted by disappointments in the comeback tournament in February in Austin and a follow-up exit in Indian Wells for fourteen days ago.

Nevertheless, Kvitova took Jodie Burrage to three sets in the former before you have a further determination against Varvara Gracheva In California two weeks ago, which indicates that the 31 times WTA champion keeps its competitive advantage despite its extensive absence.

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Kenin would like to take advantage of this rust if she steps on the pitch on Tuesday at the start of the tournament to avenge a loss of seven years ago in the third round of the event.

The American player claimed that Kvitova increased its level in the second set in this competition and achieved a close decision for a 3-6, 6: 2, 6: 4 victory at the expense of the world No. 46.

Although the American was a qualifying game at that time, she is probably the fourth meeting of the couple on the women’s tour as a favorite because Kvitova’s free time and minimal game practice.

Kenin, a five-time WTA champion, had many competition games this season, with the former world No. 4 with an 11: 7 record and in 2025 with 9: 7 in Miami.

The Australian Open Champion 2020 may have triggered early in Indian Wells in three narrow sentences Daria KasatkinaBut the performance of the 26-year-old in 2025 has already produced a few quarter-final runs (Hobart and Dubai) and a place in the last 16 in Doha.

Kenin, who put the second defeat against Kasatkina for fourteen days ago, and who were the best performances in Miami in 2018, 2021 and 2023 three appearances in the third round, tries to exceed this ceiling.

While the five-time title list may have to overcome No. 1 player- Coco Gauff – in round two and possibly Maria Sakkari In the third round, the 26-year-old must first defeat a two-time Grand Slam winner and a nine-time champion on a 1000 level to have this opportunity.

Head

French Open (2020) – semi -finals: Kenin 6-4 7-5

Madrid Open (2019) – First round: Kvitova 6-1 6-4

Miami Open (2018) – Third round: Kvitova 3-6 6-2 6-4

Kvitova and Kenin will compete against each other for the fourth time, with the Czech star heading their heads 2-1, although the 26-year-old in the semi-finals of the French Open in 2020 was a defeated finalist.

The 31-time champion won a two-hour threesome in its only hardcourt meeting that took place seven years ago at this event and aimed to achieve another success on this surface.

However, Kenin comes into this encounter with four wins in six games, even if the American has lost two of her last three Elena Rybakina In the quarter -finals of Dubai and Kasatkina in Indian Wells.

The five-time WTA champion in her Miami start with a 2-0 record against left-handers this season after defeating Wang Xiyu in Auckland and Lulu sun In Hobart and she strives for a third win by overcoming the 2023 champion.

We say: Kenin to win in two sets

While Kvitova has been admirable since her comeback, he played three sets in Austin and Indian Wells and won the opening rates before they lost the next two in defeats against Burrage and Gracheva, Kenin’s ball placement and the diversity on the square too much for the returning Czech veteran.

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