Djokovic headlines Miami Open entry list

Djokovic headlines Miami Open entry list

Published February 21,2024


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Novak Djokovic is ready to return to the Miami Open subsequent month after a five-year hiatus on account of COVID-19 and U.S. journey restrictions, after being included on the entry checklist launched by match organisers on Wednesday.

The Serbian world primary owns a joint file six Miami Open titles however was unable to even try including to that tally lately because the United States didn’t enable unvaccinated foreigners to enter the nation.

Reigning champion Daniil Medvedev and 2023 finalist Jannik Sinner are additionally on the entry checklist, with the latter having since avenged that loss when he beat the Russian within the Australian Open remaining to turn out to be the primary Italian man to win a Grand Slam title since 1976.

Among the opposite names within the males’s area are Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz whereas Americans Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton will lead the house cost.

On the ladies’s facet, world primary Iga Swiatek shall be looking for a second Miami Open title, having beforehand triumphed in 2022 when she beat four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka within the remaining.

World quantity two Aryna Sabalenka, who retained her Australian Open title this 12 months with out dropping a set, and Florida residents Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys are all additionally anticipated to be within the girls’s area.

Defending girls’s champion Petra Kvitova is just not taking part in this 12 months, having introduced her being pregnant in the beginning of the 12 months.

This 12 months’s Miami Open is scheduled for March 17-31.

Source: www.anews.com.tr