[GROUP POLL]16[/GROUP POLL] • DAY 2 PREVIEW: There are 16 first round singles matches in the top half of the Miami Open presented by Itau draw on Thursday’s schedule. Six of the 11 #NextGenATP players in the tournament are in action, leading off with 20-year-old Croat Borna Coric against Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the first men’s match on Stadium. In the next match on, #NextGenATP qualifier Frances Tiafoe plays Konstantin Kravchuk for the second straight week. Tiafoe defeated the Russian 61 64 in the 1R at the Irving, Texas Challenger last week. The 19-year-old Tiafoe was one of five Americans to qualify into the tournament. Kravchuk is looking for his first ATP World Tour match win of the season (0-6)....
Watch Wednesday highlights from the 2017 Miami Open presented by Itau, featuring Fabio Fognini, Ryan Harrison, Taylor Fritz, Donald Young, Dustin Brown, Jared Donaldson and Kyle Edmund. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Michael Mmoh climbs the Cape Florida Lighthouse on a trip alongside his fellow #NextGenATP players during some time off at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
A trio of #NextGenATP Americans celebrated their first wins at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Wednesday. Taylor Fritz beat Czech Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-3 on Stadium Court. Fritz lost only three points on his first serve (17/20) in the 67-minute opener. The 19-year-old right-hander will face 26th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round. Fritz, the 2016 ATP Star Of Tomorrow presented by Emirates, will try to build off his third-round showing last week at the BNP Paribas Open, during which he earned his first Top 10 win against then-No. 7 Marin Cilic in the second round. Twenty-year-old Jared Donaldson came back to erase three match points and advance past Brit Kyle Edmund 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 in two...
You've probably seen mosquitoes swarm players or moths hop on the court at night. But a giant iguana sitting on a scoreboard and refusing to budge during an ATP World Tour match? Miami Open fans probably couldn't believe what they were seeing on Wednesday evening as Tommy Haas and Jiri Vesely battled on Court 1 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. The score was tied 3-3 in the third set, with Haas set to serve during the first-round match, when an iguana climbed to the top of a baseline scoreboard and rested at the best seat in the stadium. Fans, players and the chair umpire immediately noticed the iguana as the creature lingered. “It's a big one,” the...
