The United States continues to be the epicenter of world tennis during this month of March and early April. After Indian Wells comes the Miami Masters 1,000, which will bring together the biggest faces in tennis, although the great absences will also be notable. Which tennis players will participate in the tournament? We review it below.
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In the men’s box, Daniil Medvedev he will want to make up for his elimination in Indian Wells against Gael Monfils, which caused him to lose number one after only three weeks at the top. Zverev, Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Rublev, Ruud, Auger-Aliassime and Hurkacz will be the rest of the series heads.
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In the women’s section, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka will lead the tournament. Iga Swiatek will be looking to continue her good American run after beating Mary Sakkari in Indian Wells, who will also be in Miami. Other seeds will be Kontaveit, Badosa, Pliskova, Muguruza and Jabeur.
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The -again- number 1 in the world, Novak Djokovic, will continue to be unable to play tournaments in the United States due to the health situation. And the new number 3, Reef Nadal, resigned before Indian Wells to this second Masters 1,000 of the season. Of the big names that continue without returning to the circuit are Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem.
Ashleigh Barty Nor will he be in a tournament that he had already resigned from before making his professional retirement official this Wednesday. Another of the absences will be the Czech Barbora Krejcikovawhich has fallen back to number 4 in the WTA ranking.
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