MIAMI — Prime-ranked tennis participant Carlos Alcaraz will headline the Miami Invitational later this 12 months — a one-day exhibition that marks the primary tennis occasion ever held on the Miami Marlins’ residence ballpark.
Scheduled for Dec. 8 at loanDepot Park, the one-time occasion will even function No. 42 João Fonseca, No. 4 Amanda Anisimova and No. 33 Emma Raducanu.
The invitational will embody two singles matches, every best-of-three units with a 10-point tiebreaker deciding a 3rd set.
Anisimova, a U.S. Open and Wimbledon finalist this 12 months, will face the 2021 U.S. Open champion Raducanu. After that, six-time main champion Alcaraz will tackle the 19-year-old Fonseca, Brazil’s top-ranked singles participant. It’s going to be the primary assembly between Alcaraz and Fonseca.
Molly Pendleton, a senior vice chairman at Unified Occasions, which is partnering with loanDepot Park for the occasion, mentioned the objective is partly to develop the sport of tennis.
“To function two of the brightest ladies’s stars in Anisimova and Raducanu alongside the first-ever assembly between Alcaraz and Fonseca ought to show to be an electrical evening for tennis followers,” Pendleton mentioned in an announcement.
