{"id":24665,"date":"2024-03-20T21:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T01:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/miami-open-katie-boulter-dan-evans-elena-rybakina-and-caroline-wozniacki-in-action-on-thursday-tennis-news\/20\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T21:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T01:29:25","slug":"miami-open-katie-boulter-dan-evans-elena-rybakina-and-caroline-wozniacki-in-action-on-thursday-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/miami-open-katie-boulter-dan-evans-elena-rybakina-and-caroline-wozniacki-in-action-on-thursday-tennis-news\/20\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Open: Katie Boulter, Dan Evans, Elena Rybakina and Caroline Wozniacki in action on Thursday | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s everything you need to know about the Miami Open, including the draw, who’s playing and the schedule, with the tournament live on Sky Sports…<\/strong><\/p>\n

British No 1 Katie Boulter<\/strong> – who won the San Diego Open earlier this month – faces 16-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova in the second round on Court 2 on Thursday (play to start at 3pm GMT).<\/p>\n

Then Dan Evans <\/strong>takes on Lorenzo Sonego of Italy on Grandstand from around 7pm.<\/p>\n

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Highlights of Andy Murray’s win against Matteo Berrettini<\/span>
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Andy Murray and Jack Draper were British winners on Wednesday with Murray defeating a wilting Matteo Berrettini in a dramatic encounter, while Draper dispatched Japanese player Taro Daniel.<\/p>\n

Murray returns to action on Friday when he takes on Tomas Martin Etcheverry with Draper facing 22nd seed Nicolas Jarry.<\/p>\n

Fresh from her Indian Wells triumph, world No 1 Iga Swiatek is the defending champion on the women’s side and Daniil Medvedev won last year’s event on the men’s side.<\/p>\n

Who is playing?<\/h3>\n
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Daniil Medvedev is the defending Miami Open men’s champion<\/span>
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Medvedev and Swiatek will headline the field, but one player who will not be heading to Florida is six-time champion Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n

He has played just three times this year – representing Serbia in the United Cup, reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open, and falling in just the third round of Indian Wells.<\/p>\n

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“At this stage of my career, I’m balancing my private and professional schedule,” Djokovic posted on X. “I’m sorry that I won’t experience some of the best and most passionate fans in the world.”<\/p>\n

The 24-time Grand Slam champion suffered a shock third-round loss to 123rd-ranked Italian Luka Nardi at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n

Petra Kvitova, the women’s champion in 2023, will not play after recently announcing that she is due to give birth later this year.<\/p>\n

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Which British players will be in action?<\/h3>\n

Two-time champion Murray, Norrie, Draper and Evans lead the British men in the field, backed up by Boulter, but Harriet Dart<\/strong> and Heather Watson <\/strong>were both eliminated in qualifying.<\/p>\n

Jodie Burrage and Liam Broady have been ruled out of the tournament because of injury, while Emma Raducanu pulled out on the eve of the tournament due to a lower back problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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