Andy Murray to face Dusan Lajovic in Miami Open first round, could meet Carlos Alcaraz in third round, Jack Draper out

Andy Murray will play Dusan Lajovic in the first round of the Miami Open and could meet world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the third round.

Two-time former champion Murray is playing the ATP Masters 1000 event for only the second time since 2016.

All 32 seeds get a first-round bye, so Alcaraz’s first match will be against Facundo Bagnis or a qualifier.

Alcaraz’s path to completing the Sunshine Double could include a quarter-final against seventh seed Holger Rune and a semi-final against 10th seed Jannik Sinner for the second tournament in a row.

Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas could open against Richard Gasquet, while third seed Casper Ruud potentially faces Ilya Ivashka and could meet Alexander Zverev in the fourth round.

Medvedev, who is up to world No. 5 after reaching the Indian Wells final, faces either Roberto Carballes Baena or Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the second round.

Britain’s Kyle Edmund will play Wu Yibing in the first round while Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans have byes.

British No. 3 Draper is out of the tournament due to injury.

Draper has been troubled by injury issues over the last 18 months and said in Indian Wells he is still working on his body.

“I’m at the start of properly working hard on my fitness training. I’ve done a lot of stuff on court over the years but I’ve never really worked truly on my body.

“The physical nature of this sport is very demanding. You’ve got to have a resilient body to cope with the demands of the tour.

“My tennis is right there. The body aspect is going to take a bit of time and that is just something I’m going to have to accept.”

The women’s main draw starts on Tuesday, March 21 and the men’s main draw starts on Wednesday, March 22.

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