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Here’s everything you need to know about the Miami Open, including the draw, who’s playing and the schedule, with the tournament live on Sky Sports…

British No 1 Katie Boulter – who won the San Diego Open earlier this month – faces 16-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova in the second round on Court 2 on Thursday (play to start at 3pm GMT).

Then Dan Evans takes on Lorenzo Sonego of Italy on Grandstand from around 7pm.

Andy Murray and Jack Draper were British winners on Wednesday with Murray defeating a wilting Matteo Berrettini in a dramatic encounter, while Draper dispatched Japanese player Taro Daniel.

Murray returns to action on Friday when he takes on Tomas Martin Etcheverry with Draper facing 22nd seed Nicolas Jarry.

Fresh from her Indian Wells triumph, world No 1 Iga Swiatek is the defending champion on the women’s side and Daniil Medvedev won last year’s event on the men’s side.

Who is playing?

Medvedev and Swiatek will headline the field, but one player who will not be heading to Florida is six-time champion Novak Djokovic.

He has played just three times this year – representing Serbia in the United Cup, reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open, and falling in just the third round of Indian Wells.

“At this stage of my career, I’m balancing my private and professional schedule,” Djokovic posted on X. “I’m sorry that I won’t experience some of the best and most passionate fans in the world.”

The 24-time Grand Slam champion suffered a shock third-round loss to 123rd-ranked Italian Luka Nardi at Indian Wells.

Petra Kvitova, the women’s champion in 2023, will not play after recently announcing that she is due to give birth later this year.

Which British players will be in action?

Two-time champion Murray, Norrie, Draper and Evans lead the British men in the field, backed up by Boulter, but Harriet Dart and Heather Watson were both eliminated in qualifying.

Jodie Burrage and Liam Broady have been ruled out of the tournament because of injury, while Emma Raducanu pulled out on the eve of the tournament due to a lower back problem.

What’s the schedule?

• Tuesday, March 19 – Women’s singles first round
• Wednesday, March 20 – Men’s and women’s singles first round
• Thursday, March 21 – Women’s singles second round, men’s singles first round
• Friday, March 22 – Men’s and women’s singles second round
• Saturday, March 23 – Women’s singles third round, men’s singles second round
• Sunday, March 24 – Men’s and women’s singles third round
• Monday, March 25 – Women’s singles fourth round, men’s singles third round
• Tuesday, March 26 – Women’s singles quarter-finals, men’s singles fourth round
• Wednesday, March 27 – Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals
• Thursday, March 28 – Women’s singles semi-finals, men’s singles quarter-finals
• Friday, March 29 – Men’s singles semi-finals
• Saturday, March 30 – Women’s singles final
• Sunday, March 31 – Men’s singles final

Where is it being played?

After 32 years at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, the tournament made its debut at Hard Rock Stadium – home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins – in 2019.

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