ATP Miami: Friday Order of Play, top seeds begin

Day three of the Miami Masters welcomes the firsts into action as the bottom half of the draw play their second round matches. The top 32 seeds were given byes in the first round, which means the likes of second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Murray are to take their bow.

Nadal, perhaps surprisingly, has never lifted to trophy in Miami despite his array of Masters series titles. He did make the final last, ultimately coming up short against Novak Djokovic. Given his inconsistent start to 2015, it is hard to see the Spaniard making it as far this year.

The only man in the bottom half of the draw who is a past champion is world number 4 Andy Murray, who was victorious in both 2009 and 2013. Miami is the location for his infamous winter training block and he is very comfortable in the familiar surroundings.

Friday 27th Schedule

STADIUM

Start 11:00 am

[3] Simona Halep (ROU) v [WC] Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)

Donald Young (USA) v [3] Andy Murray (GBR)

Sloane Stephens (USA) v [17] Madison Keys (USA)

[PR] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Not Before 8:00 pm

[1] Serena Williams (USA) v Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Tim Smyczek (USA) v [11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

GRANDSTAND

Start 10:50 am

[8] Tomas Berdych (CZE) v [WC] Hyeon Chung (KOR)

[20] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

[7] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

[17] Gael Monfils (FRA) v [Q] Filip Krajinovic (SRB)

Not Before 5:00 pm

[14] Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v Juan Monaco (ARG)

COURT 1

Start 11:00 am

[15] Kevin Anderson (RSA) v Sam Querrey (USA)

Dominic Thiem (AUT) v [10] Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

Not Before 5:00 pm

[Q] Tatjana Maria (GER) v [6] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)

[21] Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Jack Sock (USA)

COURT 2

Start 11:00 am

[Q] Austin Krajicek (USA) v [25] Bernard Tomic (AUS)

[27] Santiago Giraldo (COL) v [Q] Robin Haase (NED)

[Q] Irina Falconi (USA) v [5] Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

[29] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v [Q] James Duckworth (AUS)

COURT 7

Start 11:00 am

[24] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Alison Riske (USA)

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v [24] Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) v [28] Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

COURT 8

Start 11:00 am

[10] Lucie Safarova (CZE) v Johanna Larsson (SWE)

[Q] Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) v [21] Garbriella Muguruza (ESP)

[27] Sabine Lisicki (GER) v Julia Goerges (GER)

[11] Sara Errani (ITA) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

COURT 9

Start 11:00 am

[WC] Catherine Bellis (USA) v [29] Zarina Diyas (KAZ)

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) v [23] Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) v [15] Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

Heather Watson (GBR) v [13] Angelique Kerber (GER)

COURT 10

Start 11:00 am

[Q] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) v [30] Camila Giorgi (ITA)

[32] Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v Belinda Bencic (SUI)

Game of the Day – Murray v Young

It is a busy day on Friday in Miami, with both ATP and WTA action across a number of courts. The Stadium court plays host the the game of the day, with Andy Murray facing Donald Young in the second match of the day.

Whilst Murray leads the head to head 4-1, American Young has been in solid form this year and has risen to a world ranking of number 44. His one win over Murray came in the American hard court swing, back in 2011 at Indian Wells were he simply had too much for Murray.

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