Evans, Clarke fail to make main draw

Dan Evans failed to make the main draw of the Miami Open

British duo Dan Evans and Jay Clarke fell at the final hurdle as they both failed to make the main draw of the Miami Open on Wednesday.

No action was able to take place in Florida on Tuesday, when there was set to be some matches in the first round of the WTA draw as well as final qualifying for the men’s ATP event, due to wet weather conditions.

But British No 3 Evans, the world No 97, came out in sunny skies only to see his hopes dashed by Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, 6-4 6-4, at the Hard Rock Stadium venue.

Evans could still make the first round if results go his way and he is drawn to fill a ‘lucky loser’ spot.

The 20-year-old wildcard Clarke went down by the same scoreline to Indian Prajnesh Gunneswaran, the world No 84.

Victoria Azarenka won the first match on the stadium court at the new site of the Miami Open by beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 3-6 6-4.

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