Miami gallery, Wed March 25

Originally published on: 26/02/10 15:43

The mens and womens main draws swung into action at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Wednesday with former top tenners Lleyton Hewitt, Marcos Baghdatis, Daniela Hantuchova, Jelena Dokic and Nicole Vaidisova all starring.

As well as those household names there were scores of qualifiers and unseeded players battling for a place in the second round of the $4.5 million event the tennishead snapper had his long lens trained on the likes of Maria Kirilenko, Magdalena Rybarikova, Lucie Safarova, Francesca Schiavone, Anastasia Pivovarova and Mikhail Youzhny.

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Tim Farthing, Tennishead Editorial Director & Owner, has been a huge tennis fan his whole life. He's a tennis journalist and entrepreneur as well as playing tennis to a national standard. He also helps manage his local club and volunteers for his local tennis organisation. He's a specialist in content about the administration of professional tennis and tennis coaching for all levels.