The season's first Masters 1000 tournament starts in Miami in Thursday, gathering the weakest field in the tournament's history, with four out of the top six seeds missing.
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer have all decided to skip Miami, leaving the door open for the players like
Daniil Medvedev,
Stefanos Tsitsipas,
Andrey Rublev and
Alexander Zverev.
The top seed Daniil Medvedev will continue where he left in Paris last year, facing Reilly Opelka, Daniel Evans, Felix Auger-Aliassime, John Isner, Jan-Lennard Struff and Roberto Bautista Agut in the top quarter. Andy Murray will face Lloyd Harris in the opening round, with the winner of that one battling against Roberto Bautista Agut in round two.
Alexander Zverev and David Goffin lead the second quarter, hoping to set the quarter-final clash if they beat three rivals. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Jannik Sinner, Karen Khachanov, Grigor Dimitrov and Taylor Fritz are their biggest rivals, and it will be interesting to see who will reach the semis from there.
Andrey Rublev and
Diego Schwartzman are the top-ranked players in the third quarter, with Aslan Karatsev hoping to spoil their party and continue where he left in Dubai. The bottom quarter gathers Stefanos Tsitsipas,
Denis Shapovalov, Hubert Hurkacz, Milos Raonic, Alex de Minaur and Kei Nishikori, with exciting matches coming from the second round.
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