Miami Open - ATP Masters 1000

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DATE: March 24 - April 4, 2021
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: TBD
FIELD SIZE: 96
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Roger Federer [2019]

Seeds:

1. Daniil Medvedev
2. Stefanos Tsitsipas
3. Alexander Zverev
4. Andrey Rublev
5. Diego Schwartzman
6. Denis Shapovalov
7. Roberto Bautista Agut
8. David Goffin
9. Grigor Dimitrov
10. Fabio Fognini
11. Felix Auger-Aliassime
12. Milos Raonic
13. Cristian Garin
14. Karen Khachanov
15. Alex de Minaur
16. Dusan Lajovic
17. Aslan Karatsev
18. John Isner
19. Daniel Evans
20. Ugo Humbert
21. Jannik Sinner
22. Taylor Fritz
23. Benoit Paire
24. Lorenzo Sonego
25. Adrian Mannarino
26. Hubert Hurkacz
27. Nikoloz Basilashvili
28. Kei Nishikori
29. Marton Fucsovics
30. Reilly Opelka
31. Jan-Lennard Struff
32. Alexander Bublik

The Tournament:

The Miami Open (also known as the Miami Masters, and currently branded as the Miami Open presented by Itaú for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is part of the men's ATP Tour Masters 1000 circuit, and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's WTA Tour.

The tournament had historically been held at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida from 1987 through 2018, before moving to Miami Gardens for 2019. Behind the Indian Wells Masters, it is the second event of the "Sunshine Double"—a series of two consecutive hard court tournaments in the United States at the beginning of the season, which both are the only tournaments besides majors where main draw play extends beyond eight days.

In 2010, a record 300,000 visitors attended matches at the 12-day tournament, making it one of the largest tennis tournaments outside the four Grand Slams. In 2011, 316,267 visitors attended the Open.

About Miami Gardens:

Miami Gardens is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Its boundaries stretch from I-95 and NE 2nd Avenue on the east, to NW 47th and NW 57th Avenues on the west, and from the Broward County line on the north, to 151st Street on the south. The city name comes from one of the major roadways through the area, Miami Gardens Drive. According to the 2017 estimate from the US Census Bureau, the city had a population of 113,750, and it is the largest city in Florida that has a majority African American population. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people in 2015.

Tourism Guide:



TV Coverage:

Asia
Afghanistan - MSM (Sony)
Bangladesh - MSM (Sony)
Bhutan - MSM (Sony)
China - CCTV
China - Iqiyi
Shanghai - Shanghai Media
Hong Kong - PCCW
India - MSM (Sony)
Japan - WOWOW
Japan - NHK
Japan - Gaora Sports Channel
South Korea - Eclat
Malaysia - Measat (Astro Supersport)
Maldives - MSM (Sony)
Nepal - MSM (Sony)
Pakistan - MSM (Sony)
Philippines - Elite Sport
Singapore - Starhub (Supersports)
Sri Lanka - MSM (Sony)
Taiwan - Sino Catch (Sportcast)
Thailand - Cineplex (Truevisions)
Vietnam - Canal+ Overseas

Middle East
Israel - Charlton/Sport1
MENA - BeIn Sport

Americas
Brazil - Globosat
Canada - Tennis Canada/Rogers Sportsnet
Canada - TSN
Caribbean - ESPN International
South America - ESPN International
United States - Tennis Channel
United States - ESPN (Indian Wells, Miami, Nitto ATP Finals)
United States - ESPN (Canada, Cincinnati)

Africa
Africa - Canal+ Overseas/Africa
Africa - Supersport
MENA - BeIn Sport

Australasia
Australasia - ESPN International

Europe
Albania - Supersport
Andorra - Sogecable/Telefonica (Movistar)
Andorra - TVE (Siccative)
Austria - Sky Deutschland
Belgium - BeTV
Belgium - Telenet (Play Sports)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Bulgaria - MTEL/A1
Croatia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Cyprus - CYTA
Czech Republic - Tolano (Digi Sport)
Denmark - Modern Times Group (TV3)
Finland - MTV3
France - Eurosport
France - Canal+
Georgia - Silk Media
Georgia - Adjara
Germany - Sky Deutschland
Greece - Hellenic (OTE TV)
Hungary - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Italy, San Marino & Vatican City - Sky Italia
Kosovo - Supersport
Lichtenstein - Sky Deutschland
Luxembourg - BeTV
Luxembourg - Sky Deutschland
Montenegro - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Netherlands - Fox Sports
North Macedonia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Norway - Modern Times Group (Viaplay)
Poland - Polsat
Portugal - Sport TV
The Republic of Ireland - Amazon Prime Video
Romania - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Russia - Eurosport
Serbia - RTS
Serbia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Slovakia - Tolano (Digi Sport)
Slovenia - United Media (IKO Sportklub)
Spain - Sogecable/Telefonica (Movistar)
Spain - TVE (Siccative)
Switzerland - Sky Deutschland
Switzerland - SRG
Sweden - Modern Times Group (Viaplay)
Turkey - Saran (agent to many channels)
United Kingdom - Amazon Prime Video

Worldwide
Worldwide - Tennis TV

 

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Draw:

 

[Front242]

Field size (in theory) 96. This year closer to 10

 

[Front242]

Based on form and before the draw, who do people think will win ? Medvedev, Rublev, Karatsev (is he playing)? Have a feeling it'll be a Russian so commieserations to all the other players.

 

[Moxie]

Draw is out. Seems Verdasco IS playing...someone had asked about him recently. And Murray gets Lloyd George Harris first round, who has a hot hand. He's going to have trouble getting out of the first round of these tournaments with his ranking so low, and if he keeps getting rough draws. He could have at least drawn a qualifier, and perhaps have been in the bottom half, which I think is a bit easier in this draw.

 

[Moxie]

Ivo Karlovic (42) is in qualifiers. I guess everyone who's not out really IS playing.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I have done some projected men's seedings if they hold up to the q/finals.

Medvedev vs Bautusta Agut
Zverev vs Goffin
Schwartzman vs Rublev
Shapovalov vs Tsitsipas

 

[Andy22]

I have feeling Zverev winning Miami

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Andy Murray who received a WC has withdrawn with a left groin injury

 

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Andy Murray who received a WC has withdrawn with a left groin injury

He and del Potro should consider taking up a new sport, such as curling.

 

[Carol]

Ay Tsitsipas , you have to take easy the practice on that surface, HC is painful

 

[Andy22]

Miami without the big 3 is going to be trash just like us open last year.

 

[Fiero425]

He and del Potro should consider taking up a new sport, such as curling.

Nyah, that's much too strenuous for them; esp. Del Po! They both need to stick to something with little impact above sitting down in a chair!

 

[Carol]

This guy is an idiot, he just know to complain for everything playing worse and worse

 

[Moxie]

This guy is an idiot, he just know to complain for everything playing worse and worse

Seems like some politics going on behind the scenes. Pospisil has been a big feature in the new players' group.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Seems like some politics going on behind the scenes. Pospisil has been a big feature in the new players' group.

Pospisil has just issued an apology on his behavior on court,on Twiiter just now,regarding a players meeting with the ATP yesterday.

 

[Jelenafan]

Pospisil has just issued an apology on his behavior on court,on Twiiter just now,regarding a players meeting with the ATP yesterday.

As some pointed out, hopefully he also apologized to the chair for his on court antics. Extremely unprofessional.

Berates the chair, pops off publicly about ATP politicking, and tanks the match. The triple crown.

 

[Fiero425]

Looks as if I'm not the only one who's a bit blase/disinterested about this Masters without the top players! It's almost reminiscent of the Inaugural back in '85 when still called the Lipton Int'l Players Chp.! It was a novel idea at the time to create an event almost equivalent to a major; played over 2 weeks, men and women, with equal prize money! People probably don't remember McEnroe and Connors protested by not participating! They both look like idiots now, but what else is new? It only hurt the men's event even with a competitive final, it had lower ranked players, Mayotte over Scott Davis! It went 5 sets, but wasn't as anticipated as Navratilova vs Everet-Lloyd! I recall I had to wait for the "Tennis Mag." recordbook to come out to find out if Navratilova pulled off the triple by winning her 3 events! She did BTW, taking doubles with Fernandez and Gunthardt respectively! After all this time there's still barely a record of it with the draw missing from Wiki! Unbelievable! I guess this is a preview of what it'll be like when the Big 3 finally fade into the sunset!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

As some pointed out, hopefully he also apologized to the chair for his on court antics. Extremely unprofessional.

Berates the chair, pops off publicly about ATP politicking, and tanks the match. The triple crown.

Yes he did....he stated that in his apology....his on court antics were extremely unprofessional....
He should not have taken out his anger on court what happened previously in a players meeting full stop and should get fined for his outburst.

 

[Jelenafan]

Looks as if I'm not the only one who's a bit blase/disinterested about this Masters without the top players! It's almost reminiscent of the Inaugural back in '85 when still called the Lipton Int'l Players Chp.! It was a novel idea at the time to create an event almost equivalent to a major; played over 2 weeks, men and women, with equal prize money! People probably don't remember McEnroe and Connors protested by not participating! They both look like idiots now, but what else is new? It only hurt the men's event even with a competitive final, it had lower ranked players, Mayotte over Scott Davis! It went 5 sets, but wasn't as anticipated as Navratilova vs Everet-Lloyd! I recall I had to wait for the "Tennis Mag." recordbook to come out to find out if Navratilova pulled off the triple by winning her 3 events! She did BTW, taking doubles with Fernandez and Gunthardt respectively! After all this time there's still barely a record of it with the draw missing from Wiki! Unbelievable! I guess this is a preview of what it'll be like when the Big 3 finally fade into the sunset!

Fiero, this link to an article shows Mac at full Mac:

Tennis : It Has Everything--Except McEnroe, Connors

The idea: Create a fifth Grand Slam tennis tournament.

www.latimes.com

And to get his endorsement, McEnroe says that any tournament consisting of both men and women will need to pay them according to the quality and quantity of their work. The Delray Beach tournament will pay men and women winners the same.

McEnroe considers that an injustice, claiming that the men work harder (they play best-of-five sets; the women play best-of-three) and deserve more prize money because they are the names the public pays to see.