{"id":196505,"date":"2026-03-18T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196505\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:00:08","slug":"rain-pushes-back-start-of-miami-open-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196505\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain pushes back start of Miami Open play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0March 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM<\/p>\n

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 Rain delayed the start of main-draw play at the Miami Open on Wednesday, pushing back scheduled matches across multiple courts at Hard Rock Stadium, tournament officials said.<\/p>\n

Matches on the Grandstand and Butch Buchholz courts, along with Court 1, were pushed back as conditions impacted the start times. Organizers said updates would be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n

The tournament\u2019s main draw begins Wednesday and runs through March 29 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, with daily coverage on the Tennis Channel starting at 2 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz, the No.1 ranked player in the world, enters the men\u2019s field with a 38-4 hard-court record over the past year, while No. 2 Jannik Sinner arrives following his Indian Wells title, seeking to complete the \u201cSunshine Double.\u201d <\/p>\n

Defending champion Jakub Mensik is also in the field.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic withdrew from the tournament prior to its start because of an arm injury, making him the only top-20 player absent from the draw.<\/p>\n

The 96-player field features the top 32 seeds receiving first-round byes, setting up potential marquee matchups throughout the two-week event.<\/p>\n

Late rounds multi-session packages<\/a> and parking passes were available on Monday afternoon. For more information about the tournament\u2019s schedule<\/a> and tickets<\/a>, visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans can also follow the draw results by clicking here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

THE PRIZES<\/p>\n

The tournament is part of the ATP Masters 1000 <\/a>and WTA 1000<\/a> circuits<\/p>\n

Winner: $1,151,380<\/p>\n

Runner-up: $612,340<\/p>\n

Semifinal: $340,190<\/p>\n

Quarterfinal: $193,645<\/p>\n

Fourth round: $105,720<\/p>\n

Third round: $61,865<\/p>\n

Second round: $36,110<\/p>\n

First round: $24,335<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Mackey <\/p>\n

Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandWPLG MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 Rain delayed the start of main-draw play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-196505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}