Briton Murray gets bye in Miami
Murray has won two titles this season The world number 13 was handed a bye in the first round along with world number one Roger Federer, who is set to face either Gael Monfils or John Isner. Another Briton, Alex Bogdanovic, failed in his bid to qualify, going down 6-4 3-6 6-1 to Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.The tournament runs from Wednesday 26 March to Sunday 6 April.Defending champion Novak Djokovic said he was eager to build on his good run of form having already achieved two
of his goals set for this season.”It has been a dream start, of course,” said Djokovic after a 6-2 5-7 6-3 victory over American Mardy Fish in a Masters Series event at Indian Wells on Sunday.”Before I started playing this season, I said that my two goals are to be consistent with the results, reach the Masters Cup and hopefully win one Grand Slam.”I did all that in a very, very small amount of time.”The 20-year-old Serbian added: “I don’t want to stop here. I’ll try to keep going in Miami, and I’m defending champion there. Coming up from Indian Wells as the tournament winner, it’s much easier.”