Tennis-Medvedev begins Miami defence in the shadow of tour's latest rivalry

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - Dubai Tennis Championships - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March 1, 2024 Russia's Daniil Medvedev during his semi final match against France's Ugo Humbert REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

MIAMI (Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev begins his Miami Open campaign on Friday but the Russian will struggle to generate the kind of interest usually reserved for a defending champion as fans focus their attention on the budding rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

Medvedev arrived on the tennis scene trying to muscle in on the Big Three's monopoly of the spotlight occupied by Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal.