Andy Murray’s match with Tomas Martin Etcheverry lasted simply six video games on Friday as heavy rain disrupted play throughout the Miami Open schedule.
Murray, who beat Matteo Berrettini within the opening spherical, was tied at 3-3 within the first set in his second-round conflict with the Argentine and is scheduled to renew play on Saturday.
It marked certainly one of 14 males’s singles matches cancelled on Friday night time because of the poor climate, together with Cam Norrie’s match-up with Flavio Cobolli and Jack Draper’s assembly with Nicolas Jarry.
Draper is scheduled to start out at 3pm on Saturday, adopted by the resumption of Murray’s match at roughly 5pm earlier than Norrie takes to the court docket at roughly 7pm, all of which stay climate allowing.
British No 1 Katie Boulter will be a part of them in motion on Saturday from round 9pm when she faces Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia after defeating 16-year-old Brenda Fruhvirtova.
Victory for Murray would see him advance to face Tomas Machac after the world No 60 knocked out world No 5 Andrey Rublev with a 6-4 6-4 upset earlier on Friday.
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner was additionally amongst these impacted by the climate as his second-round tie towards Andrea Vavassori was additionally delayed.
Third seed Sinner at the moment leads his fellow Italian 3-2, 40/40 within the opening set as he vies for a spot towards both Alex Michelsen or Tallon Griekspoor within the subsequent spherical.
Elsewhere Denis Shapovalov leads Stefanos Tsitsipas 2-1 of their suspended match, whereas Daniil Medvedev awaits the beginning of his second-round encounter with Marton Fucsovics.
The flurry of cancellations comes after play had additionally been delayed for six hours on Thursday, with extra rain anticipated on Saturday.
Within the ladies’s draw, world No 1 Iga Swiatek noticed her match towards Camila Giorgi pushed again till Saturday whereas Elina Svitolina’s conflict with Naomi Osaka was additionally postponed.
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