MIAMI, FL, USA – The Miami Open continues on Wednesday, with several youngsters taking center stage.

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Wednesday, First Round

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Eugenie Bouchard (CAN #45) vs. Lucie Hradecka (CZE #85)
Head-to-head: Hradecka leads 2-1
Eugenie Bouchard has largely left a disappointing 2015 season behind as the former World No.5 has already reached two WTA finals in Hobart and Kuala Lumpur this season. At the BNP Paribas Open, she edged past contemporary Sloane Stephens before narrowly losing to Timea Bacsinszky in the third round

Standing between the Canadian and a second round encounter with No.9 seed Roberta Vinci is Czech veteran, Lucie Hradecka. A top-ranked doubles player who reached the semifinals at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global last fall, Hradecka has beaten Bouchard in two of their last three meetings, though the latter emerged victorious in Indian Wells one week ago. Blessed with a booming game, the former World No.41 could pose trouble for the otherwise aggressive Bouchard, but has won just one main draw match all year – an emphatic dismissal of Alison Riske just two weeks ago in the California desert.

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[WC] Catherine Bellis (USA #219) vs. Monica Puig (PUR #67)
Head-to-head: First meeting
Back in 2014, a then-15-year-old Bellis stole the hearts of the American public when she outlasted former Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova on an outer court at the US Open. The run ended three sets later against Zarina Diyas, but Bellis had become a star, and a name many like Monica Puig already know well.

Puig is a former junior prodigy herself, reaching the girl’s final at the Australian Open in 2011, and has been playing solid ball to start 2016. As a qualifier, she reached the final of the Apia International Sydney, upsetting Samantha Stosur in the quarterfinals. Reaching the third round at the BNP Paribas Open last week, she held two match points against Daria Kasatkina, who went on to reach the quarterfinals. With the winner to play reigning Indian Wells winner Victoria Azarenka in the second round, Bellis and Puig provide a good look at the future of the women’s game

Also on court…
Caroline Garcia begins her tournament on the Grandstand, taking on Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, while Abierto Monterrey Afirme champion Heather Watson takes on Petra Cetkovska to kick off play on Court 1. Americans CoCo Vandeweghe and qualifier Samantha Crawford finish last on Court 1 while Dominika Cibulkova and Johanna Larsson are third on Court 2 following Irina Falconi and 2010 French Open champion, Francesca Schiavone.