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<\/p>\n Scouting Report
\n Scouting Report: Alcaraz eyes bounceback in Miami, Sinner chases \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019<\/p>\n
An executive summary of what every fan should know about the ATP Masters 1000 event<\/p>\n
March 16, 2026<\/p>\n
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ATP Tour<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will lead the field in Miami.
\n By Andy West<\/p>\n
The second leg of the prestigious \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 kicks off Wednesday at the Miami Open presented by Itau<\/a>. <\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, and\u00a0Jannik Sinner<\/a>, last week\u2019s BNP Paribas Open<\/a> champion, headline the field at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Main-draw play runs from 18-29 March at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL\u2019s Miami Dolphins. <\/p>\n ATPTour.com looks at 10 things to watch during the season’s second Masters 1000 tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n 1) Alcaraz eyes fast response:\u00a0Daniil Medvedev<\/a> ended World No. 1 Alcaraz\u2019s unbeaten start to 2026 in the Indian Wells semi-finals. The Spaniard will hope to get back on track quickly in Miami, where he won his maiden Masters 1000 title in 2022. Alcaraz is 16-1 for the year according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index.<\/p>\n 2) Sinner seeks Sunshine Double: Only seven men have completed the coveted \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 of winning Indian Wells and Miami in the same year, and no one has achieved the feat since Roger Federer<\/a> in 2017. In 2026, it is Jannik Sinner<\/a> who has the chance to add to that list after he marched to the BNP Paribas Open<\/a> title without dropping a set. The World No. 2 triumphed in Miami on his most recent appearance there in 2024.<\/p>\n 3) Resurgent Medvedev: Daniil Medvedev<\/a> produced some of his best tennis across his title run last month in Dubai and subsequent championship-match showing in Indian Wells. The former World No. 1 has returned to the Top 10 for the first time since last July and will hope to build on his recent performances, including his Indian Wells semi-final victory against Alcaraz. Medvedev previously lifted the Miami trophy in 2023. <\/p>\n You May Also Like: Medvedev: ‘Looking forward to more tennis like this’<\/a><\/p>\n 4) Zverev eyes first trophy of year: After reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open<\/a> and the BNP Paribas Open<\/a>, Alexander Zverev<\/a> will hope to break his title duck for 2026 in Miami. The German has good pedigree on the hard courts of South Florida: He holds a 19-10 record there overall, a tally that includes a run to the final in 2018. <\/p>\n 5) Fritz & Shelton Lead Home Charge: Only one American (John Isner<\/a> in 2018) has lifted the men\u2019s singles title in Miami in the past 15 years. In 2026, World No. 7 Taylor Fritz<\/a> and No. 9 Ben Shelton<\/a> will lead the charge for a home champion at Hard Rock Stadium, while former Top 10 stars Frances Tiafoe<\/a> and Tommy Paul<\/a> are among the others aiming to channel home support. <\/p>\n 6) Top 10 threats: Three Top 10 stars will be chasing their maiden Master 1000 crown in Miami. World No. 5 Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> reached the fourth round in Florida in 2024 and 2025, losing to Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic<\/a>, respectively. No. 6 Alex de Minaur<\/a> has also never been past the Round of 16 at Hard Rock Stadium, while No. 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> was a semi-finalist in 2018. <\/p>\n 7) Defending titlist Mensik: Jakub Mensik<\/a> stunned Djokovic to earn his maiden ATP Tour trophy in Miami a year ago. The 20-year-old Czech returns in 2026 as the No. 13 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, having lifted his second tour-level title in Auckland in early January. Alongside Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev and Mensik, the other former champion in the field is 2021 winner Hubert Hurkacz<\/a>. <\/p>\n 8) Tien, Fonseca eye big impact: Both making their Miami main-draw debut in 2025, Learner Tien<\/a> and Joao Fonseca<\/a> faced off in an intriguing first-round clash at Hard Rock Stadium, where Fonseca prevailed in three sets. Tien, now at a career-high World No. 21 after reaching the quarter-finals in Indian Wells, will have high hopes of notching a first Miami win this year. Meanwhile Fonseca will hope to channel more of the raucous crowd energy from his third-round run a year ago. <\/p>\n 9) #NextGenATP Wild Cards: At least three more of Fonseca\u2019s fellow 20-and-under stars will join the Brazilian in the main draw in Miami. Frenchman Moise Kouame<\/a>, who only turned 17 on 6 March, is set to make his Masters 1000 debut as a wild card. The 19-year-old Rei Sakamoto<\/a> will also compete as a wild card, as will 18-year-old home favourite Darwin Blanch<\/a>. <\/p>\n 10) Arevalo\/Pavic Defend Crown: After an opening-round Indian Wells defeat to Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>, defending Miami champions Marcelo Arevalo<\/a> and Mate Pavic<\/a> will step out at Hard Rock Stadium in search of an immediate response. The Salvadoran-Croatian duo\u2019s rivals in the draw are scheduled to include top seeds Marcel Granollers<\/a>\/Horacio Zeballos<\/a> and 2025 finalists Julian Cash<\/a>\/Lloyd Glasspool<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scouting Report Scouting Report: Alcaraz eyes bounceback in Miami, Sinner chases \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 An executive summary of what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-528820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}