Miami Open: Cameron Norrie, Katie Poulter and Fran Jones bow out as Britain’s singles hopes end

In the women’s competition, American Coco Gauff lost the first set, but she recovered to beat Alicia Parks 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 in the third round, while Amanda Anisimova defeated Yulia Starodubtseva 6-4, 6-2, and Victoria Mpoko defeated Anastasia Zakharova 6-1, 7-5.

But former world number one Naomi Osaka said she is trying to balance her tennis schedule with being a mother after her 7-5, 6-4 loss to Australian Talia Gibson in their second-round match.

Japanese Osaka, who returned to the WTA Tour in January 2024 after a 15-month absence before the birth of her daughter in July 2023, said: “I feel like this represents a dilemma for me as well.”

“For me, my daughter is very important, and I want to be a mother. I want to be the best mother I can, but sometimes I feel like I know what I have to do to become a really good player, and that is very difficult.

“Because for me, I want to win titles and I want to be the best player I can be, but if I have to sacrifice spending a lot of time with my daughter, I would rather not do that.”

In the men’s competition, world number two Jannik Sinner easily defeated Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3, while Alexander Zverev defeated wildcard Martin Damm 6-2, 6-4.

Zverev will play in the third round with Marin Cilic, who defeated Brandon Nakashima 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).

Ben Shelton, the favorite at home, did not qualify after suffering a surprise defeat against Alexander Shevchenko, who defeated the world number nine 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.