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\n When will Alcaraz, Sinner play their first match in Miami?<\/p>\n
Alcaraz could face Joao Fonseca in his opening match<\/p>\n
March 18, 2026<\/p>\n
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Carlos Alcaraz\/Jannik Sinner will chase more success this fortnight in Miami.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
The intended schedule for Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner<\/a> at the Miami Open presented by Itau<\/a> has been released by tournament organisers.<\/p>\n Top seed Alcaraz leads the field in the top half of the draw and is set to begin his event on Friday evening against Joao Fonseca<\/a> or Fabian Marozsan<\/a>, who are scheduled to compete Thursday. Alcaraz has never faced 19-year-old Brazilian Fonseca, who lost to Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the fourth round in Indian Wells.<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Alcaraz could face Fonseca in blockbuster Miami opener<\/a><\/p>\n Alcaraz is the youngest Miami champion in tournament history, having won the title aged 18 in 2022. The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings is chasing his third title of the season, following success at the Australian Open<\/a> and in Doha. The Spaniard had his perfect start to the season ended last week in Indian Wells by Daniil Medvedev<\/a> in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Second seed Sinner will start his event on Saturday against Damir Dzumhur<\/a> or qualifier Ignacio Buse<\/a>. The 24-year-old owns a 19-3 record in Miami, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, and has reached the final in three of his four appearances, lifting the trophy in 2024.<\/p>\n Sinner made history last week in Indian Wells, where he became just the third \u2014 and youngest \u2014 man to complete the set of winning all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court events<\/a>, joining Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Roger Federer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The hard-court event in Miami begins on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami When will Alcaraz, Sinner play their first match in Miami? Alcaraz could face Joao Fonseca in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-544603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}