Kyrgios/Kokkinakis Team In Miami; Tsitsipas, Hurkacz, Sinner To Pull Double Duty

After Grand Slam glory at the Australian Open, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis are on the hunt for an ATP Masters 1000 crown at the Miami Open presented by Itau.

Despite losing out to eventual champions John Isner and Jack Sock in the second round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the electric Australian duo are back for more fun in the sun as their Miami campaign kicks off against the in-form Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. The Mexican-Argentine pairing has already picked up two titles together in 2022, on the clay in Cordoba and Buenos Aires.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Feliciano Lopez have already proved the heat doesn’t bother them by surging to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco in February. They start their Miami campaign by taking on Kazakh duo Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev.

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Success on the singles court in 2021 appears to have enticed Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner back for more in Miami. Both of last year’s finalists are pulling doubles duty at Hard Rock Stadium, with Hurkacz partnering BNP Paribas Open champion Isner against three-time Grand Slam winners Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies. Sinner also plays with a big-serving American, teaming up with Reilly Opelka against Tomislav Brkic and Nikola Cacic in the first round.

Top seeds and reigning champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic have the chance to rebound from their first-round loss in Indian Wells in their opening clash with Nikoloz Basilashvili and Laslo Djere. Just like Mektic and Pavic, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury are hunting their first title of 2022 and the No. 2 seeds start their Miami campaign against Lloyd Glasspool and Michael Venus.

Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos have won five Masters 1000 events since partnering up in 2019 but the third seeds seek their first match win in Miami against Raven Klaasen and Ben McLachlan. The John Peers and Filip Polasek partnership is making its debut at the event, and the fourth seeds have been handed a tough first assignment against Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.