The Miami Open has gotten off to a rather disrupted start in 2026, with heavy rain delays across the opening days of action and a string of big-name withdrawals from the tournament.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday (March 17), 20 players had withdrawn from the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles draws<\/a>, and that number has risen to 21 following ATP world No 5 Lorenzo Musetti\u2019s<\/a> decision to pull out of the event on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Here, we round up every single player who has now withdrawn from the combined ATP and WTA 1000 event, with some high-profile stars not in action in Miami this fortnight.<\/p>\n Emma Raducanu\u2019s biggest problem continues to haunt her and she needs to find an answer quickly<\/a><\/p>\n ATP Miami Open Predictions: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev continues resurgence<\/a><\/p>\n World No 5 and two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Musetti was set to be the fourth seed in Miami, though he withdrew after the draw was made.<\/p>\n The Italian was forced to retire injured against Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open quarter-final back in January<\/a>, and did not return to action until Indian Wells two weeks ago \u2014 though he was beaten in his opening match.<\/p>\n Musetti is now out of Miami and is likely prioritising the clay swing, where he has big points to defend, with a lucky loser set to replace him; this lucky loser will receive a bye into round two.<\/p>\n The biggest name missing from the men\u2019s singles draw is Djokovic<\/a>, the world No 3 and 2025 Miami runner-up, with the six-time champion out following his Indian Wells fourth-round run.<\/p>\n Long-term injury absence Holger Rune is also out of the event, with world No 29 Tallon Griekspoor one of four top-30 players currently absent.<\/p>\n The eight players out are:<\/p>\n No further women have withdrawn from the Miami Open WTA event since Monday, which may come as some relief to the tournament, considering the sheer volume of players out.<\/p>\n A staggering 13 women have withdrawn from the event, with world No 23 and former US Open champion Emma Raducanu among the most prominent<\/a>.<\/p>\n Raducanu<\/a> withdrew due to ongoing health concerns connected to a virus picked up last month, with the Brit having struggled during her Indian Wells campaign in California a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n She is one of three Grand Slam women\u2019s singles champions set to be absent, with Marketa Vondrousova<\/a> and Barbora Krejcikova<\/a> also missing the WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n Former world No 1 Karolina Pliskova is also out, with the Czech appearing to suffer a setback in her recovery from injury, with Lois Boisson and Daria Kasatkina among other notable absentees.<\/p>\n The 13 players out are:<\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>: Gauff backs Sabalenka, Eala & Fonseca star treatment, Medvedev \u2018third-best player\u2019: Miami Open roundup<\/a><\/p>\n The post Miami Open withdrawal list: World No 5 joins Djokovic & Raducanu as absences pile up<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Miami Open has gotten off to a rather disrupted start in 2026, with heavy rain delays across the opening days of action and a string of big-name withdrawals from the tournament. As of Tuesday (March 17), 20 players had withdrawn from the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles draws, and that number has risen to 21 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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