Moroccan El-Aynaoui to take on Georgian Labadze in 1st round at Miami

Younes El-Aynaoui will take on Georgian, Irakli Labadze in the singles first round of the US$ 3.450-million Nasdaq-100 Open WTA Tour tennis event in Miami, USA (March 23- April 3).

At their last encounter, El-Aynaoui lost to Georgian tennisman at Wimbledon 3-1 sets in 2002.

The match winner will play Russian Marat Safin, head of series No 3.

The event, with a draw size of 128, will be played alongside its ATP Tour equivalent, the Tennis Masters Series. It will be one of the strongest fields with 18 of the top 20 players competing.