The two heavyweights are among those who have byes in the first round and will play their opening matches towards the end of the week.
But they will be involved in the ribbon cutting ceremony which takes place today at 11am local time – 3pm UK time.
The qualifying stages on Tuesday however were interrupted with rain and will spill into today.
Tuesday’s first round play was supposed to be a dress rehearsal for Wednesday’s official opening, which will see Serena Williams, who is a part-owner in the Dolphins, Federer and world number ones Djokovic and Naomi Osaka taking part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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“When we get through the first day or two and see what we are in store for I have a feeling we will be announcing a lot of (attendance) records broken this year,” American Blake told Reuters in a pre-tournament interview.
“I don’t want to be too pie-in-the-sky but I do think we are going to break a records.”
Once the rain disappears fans can expect a wide open tournament if the season follows the current trend.
There have been 19 ATP Tour events this season and 13 WTA events each producing a different winner.
Miami Open order of play: Full schedule for Tuesday 20 March
Stadium 11:00 Am (3pm UK time)
RIBBON CUTTING
12:00 Noon (4pm UK)
Victoria Azarenka vs Dominika Cibulkova
(PR) Janko Tipsarevic vs Bradley Klahn
Bernard Tomic vs Tomas Berdych
Not Before 7:30 Pm (11.30pm UK)
Irina-Camelia Begu vs Bianca Andreescu
Maximilian Marterer vs Taylor Fritz
Grandstand Starts At 12:00 Noon (4pm)
Peter Gojowczyk vs Federico Delbonis
Not Before 2:00 Pm (6pm uk)
Andrea Petkovic vs Amanda Anisimova
Evgeniya Rodina vs Samantha Stosur
(WC) Xiyu Wang vs Monica Puig
Not Before 7:00 Pm (11pm uk)
Jeremy Chardy vs Nicolas Jarry
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