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Miami Friday play resumes after rain forward of Alcaraz vs. Fonseca

Ruud, Draper, Fritz additionally on Friday schedule at ATP Masters 1000 occasion

March 20, 2026

The Friday motion on the Miami Open presented by Itau has resumed after early rain at Arduous Rock Stadium.

Two matches on outdoors courts on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion are again underway after the climate pressured the gamers off courtroom twice within the first two hours of play. On Courtroom 6, Daniel Altmaier is taking up Terence Atmane, with the latter main 3-1 within the opening set, whereas Thiago Agustin Tirante will resume his conflict with Valentin Royer on Courtroom 5 with a 2-0 lead.

Followers will probably be hoping the rain clears shortly with a bumper choice of matches scheduled for the remainder of the day in Miami. On Stadium Courtroom, the No. 1 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings Carlos Alcaraz will tackle #NextGenATP Brazilian Joao Fonseca within the opening match of the night time session. It will likely be the pair’s maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head conflict. Earlier than then at 12 p.m. native time, eleventh seed Casper Ruud will meet fast-rising residence favorite Ethan Quinn.

On Grandstand, Jack Draper will tackle Reilly Opelka from not earlier than 12:30 p.m. native time. American No. 1 Taylor Fritz will then begin his marketing campaign towards Botic van de Zandschulp earlier than fifth seed Alex de Minaur contests a heavyweight matchup towards Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Notable matches from the surface courts on Friday’s schedule embody tenth seed Alexander Bublik towards Matteo Berrettini, twenty eighth seed Arthur Fils towards #NextGenATP residence favorite Darwin Blanch, and twenty first seed Jiri Lehecka towards 17-year-old Moise Kouame. On Thursday, French wild card Kouame became the youngest player to win a match in tournament history by overcoming Zachary Svajda in three units.