US Open champions are coming to the Sunshine State.
Emma Raducanu and Dominic Thiem have acquired main-draw wild playing cards into this month’s Miami Open, the event introduced at present.
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The 2020 males’s and 2021 girls’s US Open champions will be a part of the record of athletes at Hard Rock Stadium, March 19 – April 2, 2023.
The event’s wualifying matches start on a Sunday, March nineteenth, this yr, for an unprecedented 15 days of tennis for followers to get pleasure from, making the event the most important Miami Open but.
“We are happy to be able to add Emma and Dominic to the Miami Open fields,” mentioned Miami Open event director James Blake. “Both these players have shown what it takes to win the biggest tournaments in the world, and we look forward to welcoming them to Miami to compete for the title here in a few short weeks.”
Raducanu was named WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2021 after she turned the primary participant to win a serious championship as a qualifier, doing so with out dropping a set in her 10 matches on the US Open. Just 18-years-old on the time, she was the youngest lady to win a Grand Slam occasion since 17-year-old Maria Sharapova received Wimbledon in 2004.
Last season, Raducanu reached the semifinals in Seoul and a pair of different quarterfinals whereas climbing as excessive as No. 10 within the rankings. Born in Toronto, she represents Great Britain after shifting to London on the age of two. Raducanu will probably be enjoying the Miami Open for the second time.
World No. 80 Raducanu not too long ago withdrew from the inaugural Austin Open as a result of a bout with tonsillitis.
The 99th-ranked Thiem has appeared in 28 whole finals, profitable 17 titles. The 2020 US Open champion, he has additionally been a serious finalist three different instances (Australian Open 2020, Roland Garros in 2019 and 2020).
A five-time qualifier for the Nitto ATP Finals, he was that occasion’s runner-up in each 2019 and 2020. Thiem had been ranked as excessive as No. 3 on this planet earlier than a wrist harm sidelined him.
A Miami Open quarterfinalist in 2015, this would be the Austrian’s sixth look on the event and first since 2019.
The competition ambiance and full leisure expertise that has made this iconic occasion the place-to-be in March will probably be again with a bang as friends get pleasure from one of the best that Miami has to supply, together with wonderful culinary choices, music, and paintings by prime native artists.
The Stadium Court inside Hard Rock Stadium returns and the revamped website will embrace new infrastructure, and extra inexperienced area the place followers can calm down when taking a break from the nice tennis motion. For tickets and extra info, please go to MiamiOpen.com.
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Source: www.tennisnow.com