{"id":672825,"date":"2026-03-22T02:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672825\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T02:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:42:17","slug":"aryna-sabalenka-was-shocked-miami-open-prioritized-carlos-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672825\/","title":{"rendered":"Aryna Sabalenka was &#8216;shocked&#8217; Miami Open prioritized Carlos Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The onslaught of the South Florida rains has thrown a wrench into the scheduling for the 2026 Miami Open. On Friday night, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was forced to acquiesce to the downpour.<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka, the WTA world No. 1, had the venue changed in the eleventh hour for her match against Ann Li on Friday night. She won the match in straight sets, but revealed after the match how surprised she was that the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Joao Fonseca was prioritized over her match with Li.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aryna Sabalenka was shocked that Miami Open considered canceling her match<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was actually shocked they were considering canceling my match or giving me a couple options of the stadiums. I was like \u2018What\u2019s the problem of Alcaraz &amp; Fonseca start later?&#8217;\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyAQaH2sbw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gyAQaH2sbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/2035405384526201278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell, I was actually shocked that they were considering canceling my match,\u201d Sabalenka said in her postmatch presser. \u201cOr they were like giving me a couple options of the stadiums, and I was like, \u2018But what\u2019s the problem for Alcaraz and Fonseca start later?\u2019 Because yesterday the night session started at nine and de Minaur was playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I was actually like really shocked the idea of like even canceling my match, but I just decided to play today just so, if I win, I have a day off, and I have time to prepare to recharge and everything,\u201d Sabalenka continued. \u201cBut yeah, I was actually shocked to be honest. But I\u2019m happy that they gave me options so I could choose what\u2019s best for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just like I think I never like deal with something like that,\u201d Sabalenka replied after being asked why she was surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think it\u2019s like a first experience. I don\u2019t remember anything like that. I just thought it\u2019s not a big problem for me to play and then for the night session to wait and start a little bit later. But I guess that\u2019s what the tournament tickets\u2026 that\u2019s what was better for the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabalenka acknowledged how difficult the decision is for tournament directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it\u2019s tricky because Alcaraz was playing, so it\u2019s kind of like you know two number ones and what they should do. I\u2019m just happy that they had options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The onslaught of the South Florida rains has thrown a wrench into the scheduling for the 2026 Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":672826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[48],"tags":[2477,1466,32266,77909,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-672825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-joao-fonseca","tag-miami-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116270526959391712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}