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MIAMI, Fla. –   No seeds yet, but the spotlight will be on Dominic Thiem, who is STILL trying to get his career back on track but is having a heck of a hard time doing it.

Watch out for Benoit Paire, lucky loser Thanasi Kokkinakis, youngster Jerry Shang and the doubles, which gets under way as John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz kick off their title defence.

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Miami Open
Location: Miami, Fla. (ATP 1000)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 22 – April 2, 2023
Prize money: $10,155,105
Draw size: S96 / D32

Thursday, March 23, 2023
Final results

Singles, first round

Struggling

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [WC] Dominic Thiem (AUT) 76 (7) 62
[Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) def [Q] Benoit Paire (FRA) 64 75

Retirements

Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 60 30 retd

Qualifiers and LLs winning

[Q] Christopher Eubanks (USA) def Denis Kudla (USA) 76 (2) 62
[LL] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) def. [WC] Zizou Bergs (BEL) 46 63 76 (7)
[LL] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def Jaume Munar (ESP) 76 (4) 26 61

THE French

Gregoire Barrere (FRA) def. [Q] Roman Safiullin (RUS) 64 36 63
Richard Gasquet (FRA) def [LL] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 64 36 61
Quentin Halys (FRA) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 62 76 (4)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. [WC] Juncheng Shang (CHN) 16 64 62

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def [Q] Pavel Kotov (RUS) 62 62
Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def Federico Coria (ARG) 63 64
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 64 62
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Jason Kubler (AUS) 64 76 (6)
Alex Molcan (SVK) def. [Q] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 62 46 63

Doubles, first round

[2] Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) def. Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (ITA) 64 63

Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) def [ALT] Gonzalo Escobar / Fabien Reboul (ECU) / (FRA) Hubert Hurkacz (POL) / John Isner (USA) 76 (2) 76 (4)
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) / Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Pedro Cachin / Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 63 63
Tommy Paul / Ben Shelton (USA) def. [WC] Martin Damm (USA) / Juncheng Shang (CHN) 67 (7) 63 [10-8]

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