The American hard court season is over with the conclusion of Miami. Today’s final between Andy Murray and David Ferrer was torturous at times and ended a dire tournament for the men. It featured a ton of errors, but did at least provide some cracking drama right at the end where Murray saved a championship…
Andy Murray The final match of what has been a disappointing mens tournament at the Sony Open in Miami will see the number 2 seed, Andy Murray square off against the number 3 seed, David Ferrer. Murray had to fend off an at times, inspired Richard Gasquet with a 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 victory. Gasquet started the match…
Maria Sharapova Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will contest the second Premier Mandatory final of the year at the Sony Open in Miami. After a shaky few rounds from Serena, she turned on the style in her semi-final with a 6-0 6-3 crushing of Agnieszka Radwanska. Serena was flawless, particularly in the opening set and…
Richard Gasquet v Andy Murray Andy Murray It had been a good start to the season for Richard Gasquet having claimed two titles in Doha and Montpellier in the first two months of the season. However the Frenchman had struggled to beat the big guns with world number 24, Jerzy Janowicz his highest scalp to…
Serena Williams v Agnieszka Radwanska Serena Williams The top two seeds, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska have progressed to the Miami semi-finals where they will meet for their first clash of 2013. Serena has not been at her best this week as she fought back from 6-2 4-1 down against Dominika Cibulkova in the 4th…
Tomas Berdych v Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet enjoyed arguably his best win of 2013 to date with a 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(3) victory over the number 12 in the world, Nicolas Almagro. It was a very tight match, but Almagro was poor in the breaker and Gasquet took his opportunities. Gasquet will now play…
David Ferrer v Jurgen Melzer Gilles Simon The second quarter has been entirely plain sailing for David Ferrer who reached the quarter-finals with a straight sets win over Kei Nishikori, 6-4 6-2. Ferrer’s projected opponent in the quarter-finals was supposed to be Juan Martin del Potro, but following his exit in round two to Tobias…
1. Maria Sharapova v Sara Errani Maria Sharapova A rematch of the Indian Wells quarter-final between Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani will take place in Miami; in fact Sharapova and Errani are the only two players to have made quarter-finals at both Indian Wells and Miami. Errani has had another excellent week; she tore past…
1. Serena Williams v Li Na Li Na The womens draw has been rather decimated in places, but what looked like the most anticipated of the potential quarters has come to life as world number one, Serena Williams will take on the Australian Open finalist, Li Na. Serena was on the brink of exiting Miami…
1. David Ferrer v Kei Nishikori David Ferrer The two highest seeds in this section have comfortably made it to the 4th round and for one of David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori, a great shot at making the semi-finals awaits. Ferrer defeated Fabio Fognini in the third round, 6-1 7-5, meanwhile Nishikori lost just one…
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