 Emma Rodacano vs Bianca on Drescu is the blockbuster first-round match at the Miami Open for 2023, and both ladies have had a very similar path to get to the Miami Open. Rodacano enters the tournament as the number 72 in the world with a 5-3 win-loss record from the three tournaments that she's played. From her last three tournaments, she made the second round of Auckland, losing to Kuzmova with a retirement loss. With Israán open, she lost to Goff, also in the second round, and of course last week she lost to Shfiantec in the fourth round, her best result so far. Her best win came against Adj Maya, the number 13 in the world last week, but her worst loss came at the hands of Kuzmova after retiring through that match. Her form has been solid though, winning three of her last four matches and four of her last six. Andrescu entered the tournament as the number 31 in the world with a six-win-six-loss record. Her past three tournaments have been tough with a first-round loss in Abu Dhabi, to Puttenseva, a first-round loss in Dubai to Rabacana, and of course that third-round loss last week to Shfiantec, but she did put up a good fight against Shfiantec in that match. Her best win of the year has been against the number 26 in the world at the time, Buscova, in the Israán Open, but her worst loss of the year also comes at the Israán Open to a qualifier, Buxa, in a match that she actually had match points in. Her form hasn't been great over the last couple of weeks, losing four of her last five matches and her only win coming at the Indian Wells before eventually losing to Shfiantec. These two have only played the one time before that was in Rome last year with Andrescu getting the win, but it was a retirement victory after Rabacana got injured and had to pull out of the second set. If Rabacana is going to win this one, she needs to be aggressive and push Andrescu around. Now, we know Andrescu has really great defense, but if Rabacana can stand in the middle of the baseline and be the more aggressive player, she's eventually going to get the win, kind of like what Shfiantec did last week against Andrescu. If Andrescu is going to win this one, she needs to make Rabacana move. We still don't know exactly how Rabacana's wrist is feeling because even though she played well last week, it still was bothering her, so she needs to make her play a lot of shots and be very aggressive. This is going to be a very fun matchup. A blockbuster first round match with two Grand Slam champions both winning the US Open over the last few years. I'm going to go with Andrescu to win this one just. I think it will go three sets, but I'm going to go with Andrescu just to win this one. I think her defense might just be enough to get her the win, and she's played well here before, made the final back in 2021, so I'm going on Andrescu, but let me know down in the comments below who's going to win this matchup.