See below for our daily tennis tips and best bets around the courts for Friday March 21 at the ATP and WTA Miami tournaments, including the top tips and players to back in our tennis betting markets!
Emma Navarro vs Emma Raducanu
1.00am
Back Navarro to Cover the Games Handicap (-3.5) @ $2.00
World No.10 Emma Navarro and former US Open champ Emma Raducanu square off for the first time in the Miami Masters’ Round of 64.
Injury-prone world No.60 Raducanu thrashed Sayaka Ishii 6-2 6-1 in the first round, bouncing back from her sixth loss in seven matches – an ugly 6-3 6-2 loss to Moyuka Uchijima at Indian Wells.
US Open semi-finalist and Australian Open quarter-finalist Navarro claimed her second WTA title at the Merida Open earlier this month, but she was upset by Donna Vekic in the third round at Indian Wells.
Raducanu, who has split with another coach this week, has made it past the second round only five times in her 15 WTA 1000 tournament entries. Meanwhile, she boasts only two top-10 wins in her career – both on grass last year, against Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari.
New Yorker Navarro will have the fans behind her and has a significant advantage form-wise.
Belinda Bencic vs Elina Svitolina
1.00am
Back Over 21.5 Total Games @ $1.83
Two of the most impressive maternity comeback stories on the WTA Tour in recent times, experienced, in-form duo Belinda Bencic and Elina Svitolina meet for the first time in more than five years at the Miami Masters.
The head-to-head is locked two-all, with their last clash a win for Svitolina at the 2019 WTA Finals.
Bencic, who has only been back in full-fledged WTA action for a little over two months, won the Abu Dhabi Open and reached the Indian Wells quarters last week – beating the likes of Amanda Anisimova, Diana Shnaider and world No.3 Coco Gauff.
The Swiss saw off Dayana Yastremska 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the first round.
Svitolina, the 22nd seed, also made the last eight at Indian Wells, beating higher-ranked Danielle Collins and Jessica Pegula before running into Mirra Andreeva. It was her best run since reaching the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Both players have been to the semis in Miami, Svitolina in 2021 and Bencic in 2022. Bencic is the $1.65 favourite but both players are in great touch and the margins here are likely to be extremely fine.
Nick Kyrgios vs Karen Khachanov
4.15am
SGM – Back Khachanov to Win and Over 22.5 Total Games @ $2.47
After recording a drought-breaking win in the opening round, Nick Kyrgios lines up against 22nd seed Karen Khachanov at the Miami Masters.
Injury-ravaged Kyrgios, amid retirement speculation, recorded his first victory in 896 days courtesy of a 3-6 6-3 6-4 result against world No.101 Mackenzie McDonald. He had retired at 7-6 3-0 down against Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round at Indian Wells.
Khachanov rallied to beat Jakub Mensik at Indian Wells before going down to 11th seed Ben Shelton in the third round. He’s just 4-6 in 2025 but his last three losses were to top-15 opponents.
Khachanov has a 2-1 advantage in the rivalry, bookending Kyrgios’ epic five-set win at the 2020 Australian Open with a lengthy three-set victory at the 2019 Cincinnati Masters and a five-set win in the 2022 US Open quarter-finals. Seven of the pair’s 13 sets have required a tiebreak.
Kyrgios was a semi-finalist here back in 2016-17, as was Khachanov in 2023. The big-serving Russian has been well below his best, but it would take a level we haven’t see from the tempestuous Aussie in a couple of years to produce an upset.
Rinky Hijikata vs Novak Djokovic
7.15am
SGM – Back Djokovic to Win and Under 19.5 Total Games @ $1.91
Aussie Rinky Hijikata gets his second crack at the legendary Novak Djokovic already in 2025 in the second round of the Miami Masters. They met for the first time at the Brisbane International earlier this year, with Djokovic getting the win 6-3 6-3.
World No.86 Hijikata outlasted recent giant-killer Hamad Medjedovic 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the first round in arguably his best win of 2025, although he did defeat Adrian Mannarino in Dallas and Alexander Shevchenko at Indian Wells (before going down to Brandon Nakashima in the second round).
A six-time champion in Miami (most recently in 2016), Djokovic makes his first appearance at the tournament since 2019. He was stunned by Matteo Berrettini at the Qatar Open and Botic van de Zandschulp in his first assignment at Indian Wells, his only two matches since the AO semis.
Hijikata is not without hope of making this interesting against the underdone 37-year-old icon, but he is yet to register a top-10 win and it’s not hard to see why he’s a $7 outsider.