2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Novak Djokovic Defeats Andy Murray In Men's Final

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Men's Final Pits Novak Djokovic Against Andy Murray

The 2012 Sony Ericsson Open wraps up play on Sunday, with a men's final contest between world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and fourth-seeded Andy Murray highlighting the action.

Djokovic has breezed through the tournament so far, winning all of his matches in straight sets. Murray has two wins along the way because of opponents withdrawing, including in the semifinals when Rafael Nadal withdraw from his match with Murray due to injury.

Murray is the only player on tour to have defeated Djokovic twice since he became No. 1 in the world after Wimbledon. It will be the 13th time the two have faced each other, with Djokovic holding a 7-5 lead over Murray in the 12 previous matches. Both players have won the Sony Ericsson Open before, with Djokovic taking the title in 2007 and Murray winning in 2009.

The other championship being played on Sunday is for the women's doubles crown. That match will pit the No. 5 seeded team of Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova against the No. 6 team of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

The day's action starts at 1:00 p.m. ET on the stadium court in Miami.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Agnieszka Radwanska Wins Women's Final

On Saturday in Miami in front of a sellout crowd, No. 5 seed Agnieszka Radwanska dismissed No. 2 Maria Shapova 7-5, 6-4 to capture her first Sony Ericsson Open, and the $712,000 prize that comes with the victory. Radwanska betters her record this season to 26-4, with all four of the losses coming against world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka.

Sharapova, four years removed from shoulder surgery, has now lost the last four major finals she has reached: Wimbledon, Australian Open, Indian Wells, Calif., and Key Biscayne. This was her fourth appearance in a Sony Ericsson Open women's final: she is 0-4 in those contests.

In the other championship played Saturday, the No. 7 team of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek rallied back against the No. 2 team of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor for 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 victory in the men's doubles final. With the win, Paes becomes only the 24th player in ATP World Tour history to win 50 doubles titles.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Women's Singles Finals To Be Played Saturday

Saturday in Miami will see a Women's Singles champion crowned at the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open, as No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska will take on No. 2 Maria Sharapova. Both Sharapova and Radwanska are looking to win their first career Sony Ericsson Open trophy, as well as the $712,000 winner's check that will be handed to the 13th woman in history to win the event.

Radwanska earned a spot in the final by defeating Marion Bartoli, who had upset No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka. Radwanska is 0-4 versus Azarenka this season, but 25-0 against the rest of the tour.

Sharapova advanced to the final after a hard fought 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Caroline Wozniacki. This will be the fourth finals appearance in Miami for the three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova, having lost in 2005, 2008 and 2011.

Another championship will be earned Saturday as well, in men's doubles, when the No. 7 team of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will take on take on No. 2 Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi. Paes and Stepanek upset the top-seeded Bryan brothers in the semifinals.

The day's action begins on the stadium court at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Rafael Nadal To Withdraw Because Of Left Knee Pain

A tweet from ESPN's Chris Fowler has claimed that Rafael Nadal is going to withdraw from today's Sony Ericsson Open semifinal against Andy Murray due to left knee pain.

Nadal has pulled out of today's semi in Miami vs Murray because of left knee pain. We plan to hear from him shortly. Bummer.

— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) March 30, 2012

The knees of Nadal have always been a concern as his aggresive playing style leads to perhaps his body breaking down early. Nadal hopefully will be recovered in time before the French Open.

Andy Murray now awaits the winner of Friday's match between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 21 Juan Monaco on March 31.

On the women's side of the tournament No. 2 Maria Sharapova will face No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska for the women's championship on April 1.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Rafa Nadal Advances, Novak Djokovic Back in Action

Wednesday saw the first four games of the Quarterfinals in the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in each draw played, The men will play another two quarterfinal matches on Thursday while the women will start semi-final play. On Wednesday Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Agnieszka Radwanska advance. The big upset was No. 7 seed Marion Bartoli over the Tournament's No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka.

The No 1 seed in the men's bracket Novak Djokovich will be in action on Thursday to take on the No. 5 seed David Ferrer. The top-seeded American still in the draw Mardy Fish will take on Juan Monaco in the other quarterfinal on Thursday.

The women will play two semi-final matches on Thursday, which means that Marion Bartoli and Agnieszka are back in action for the second straight day. Perhaps the best match of the day, Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki. That match starts at 1 pm, while the other three matches are all TBA.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Rafa Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga To Meet On Wednesday

The amount of matches in the Sony Erickson Open each day has dwindled considerably since the beginning of the tournament, but their quality is really starting to improve. There will be four matches on Wednesday, two women's matches and two men's matches, each delivering a spot in the tournament semi-finals.

The men's schedule is highlighted by a match between Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Nadal, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, doesn't get to playa lot of players that are nearly his equal athletically. He might find that in the No. 6 seed Tsonga.

The other match is between No. 4 seed Andy Murray and No. 9 seed Janko Tipsarevic. Times for both of these matches are still to be announced.

The women's matches feature the highest rated player in the field, and perhaps it's biggest name. In one match, Serena Williams takes on No. 5 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, while No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka and No. 7 seed Marion Bartoli.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open Day Seven Update

Day seven of the Sony Ericsson open is underway from Miami. The Men's tournament is still in the third round while the women's tournament is on already to the fourth round of action.

On the Men's side, two matches have gone final in the third round. American Mardy Fish, No. 8 in the world, won his third round match over South African Kevin Anderson in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Frenchman Richard Gasquet, No. 17 in the world, won his match over Spaniard Albert Ramos in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. One other men's match is in progress at the moment with Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, No. 12, leading fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco, No. 20, 6-3, 4-2 during the second set.

On the Women's side, No. 2 Maria Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). No. 7 Marion Bartoli, from France, defeated Russian Maria Kirilenko, No. 22, 6-1, 6-2. One other Women's match is in progress at the moment with American Serena Williams, No. 10, trailing Australian Samantha Stosur, No. 6, midway through the first set 4-3.

Other key matches on tap for today include Roger Federer facing American Andy Roddick on the Men's side. On the Women's side Venus Williams faces No. 15 Ana Ivanovic, No. 1 Victoria Azarenka faces No. 16 Dominika Cibulkova and No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki faces No. 23 Yanina Wickmayer.

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2012: Sony Ericsson Open: Day 7 Preview: Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal In Action

Once again, there will be no shortage of action as the first week of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open wraps up in Miami Sunday.

Among those strutting their stuff on the Stadium court will be wild card entry Venus Williams, who will face her fellow wild card Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in a match that is not scheduled to start before 1:00 p.m.

Williams' match will be followed by a tasty-looking encounter between Daniela Hantuchova and Ana Ivanovic before No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal takes the court against Radek Stepanek. In the final two matches on the Stadium court, No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka faces British wild card Heather Watson before American John Isner closes the day by facing German Florian Mayer.

Elsewhere on the schedule, men's No. 4 seed Andy Murray facesCandian Milos Raonic.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Day 6 Results: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick All Win

The top men were in action Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Open, and the seeding form largely held as top seed Novak Djokovic, No. 3 seed Roger Federer, and top-seeded American Mardy Fish all won their matches in straight sets.

Federer set up a third-round match with Andy Roddick on Monday after the Swiss champion defeated American Ryan Harrison 6-2, 7-6 (3). For his part, Roddick progressed by defeating Gilles Muller 6-3, 6-2, while Djokovic defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-4. Fish swept aside Canada's Frank Dancevic 6-3, 7-6 (1).

The only seeded men's player to go out of the tournament Saturday was No. 15 seed Feliciano Lopez, who fell to fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos 6-4, 7-6 (5).

On the women's side, Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na, and Serena Williams all progressed into the third round with straight set wins. No. 6 seed Samantha Stosur was taken to three sets by South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers, but held her nerve to win 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Meanwhile, in a battle of Belgians, No. 23 seed Yanina Wickmayer defeated former major champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 (5).

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open Day 5 Results: Andy Murray Wins, Venus Williams Upsets Petra Kvitova

Play in the women's draw of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open highlighted Day 5 action, as Victoria Azarenka kept her winning streak in tact and American Venus Williams upset the No. 3 seed, Petra Kvitova.

Azarenka, the world No. 1 WTA player, defeated Michaella Krajicek, 6-3, 7-5. It is her 24th win in a row, the best streak since Martina Hingis went 37-0 in 1997.

Williams returned to the court for the first time since withdrawing from the 2011 U.S. Open, beating Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. The 31-year-old former No. 1 player in the world, and seven-time Grand Slam winner, had slipped to No. 134 in the WTA rankings. Williams has won this tournament three previous times.

On the men's side, No. 4 seed Andy Murray won his opening round match handily, 6-2, 6-3 over Alejandro Falla. Murray bettered his 2012 record to 15-3.

In other action, No. 6-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic and No. 13 Gilles Simon all advanced.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open Day 4 Update

Day four of the Sony Ericsson open is underway in Miami. Second round action is going on on both male and female brackets.

On the men's side, No. 4 ranked Andy Murray, No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic, No. 13 Giles Simon and No. 22 Jurgen Melzer all won their second round matches. Still to compete this afternoon and evening include No. 2 Rafael Nadal, No. 10 John Isner and No. 7 Tomas Berdych.

On the women's side, No. 18 Angelique Kerber, No. 28 Monica Niculescu and No. 31 Kala Kanepi all lost their second round matches. No. 15 Ana Ivanovic, No. 16 Dominika Cibulkova and No. 24 Flavia Pennetta all won their second round matches. Other notable matches coming later Friday include Venus Williams against No. 3 Petra Kvitova and No. 7 Marion Bartoli against Polona Hercog.

The Sony Ericsson Open is taking place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami, and it runs through April 1. If interested in attending, tickets are still available.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray Headline Day 4 Action

The Sony Ericsson Open if off and rolling, and today's Day 4 action features 28 matches of second-round singles and first-round doubles play.

The men's tournament has the most action today, with 16 men's single matches scheduled throughout the day. These matchups feature a number of the remaining top seeds, including No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray. Nadal will be squaring off against Santiago Giraldo at 9:30pm EST, while Murray will be playing against Alejandro Falla at 11am EST. Both matches will take place in the stadium.

There's less action today on the women's side of the tournament, as there are only four women's singles matches and four women's doubles matches. The No. 1 women's doubles seed does play today, though, as Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond will play their first match of the tournament at 5:00pm tonight.

You can find a full schedule of today's action over at the Ericsson Open's website.

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2012 Sony Ericsson Open: Scoring Update

Day three of the Sony Ericsson Open is underway at the in Miami, FL. The tournament is still in its early stages, but the action is only getting better.

On the men's side of the tournament, American Ryan Harrison dropped the first set in a tiebreaker, but won the last two sets to advance over Italian Potito Starace 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-4. Other winners so far currently include Igor Kunitsyn, Albert Ramos and Lukasz Kubot.

On the women's side of the tournament, now in the second round, Serena Williams currently leads China's Zhang Shuai in the second set 6-2, 4-2. Belgian Kim Clijsters also score an upset victory over German Julia Goerges, the No. 14 ranked player in the world, 6-2, 7-5. Other second round winners on Thursday include No. 12 Sabine Lisicki and No. 21 Roberta Vinci. No. 13 ranked player Jelena Jankovich was upset by German Mona Barthel 6-0, 6-3. Still to play later this afternoon is No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 2 Maria Sharapova and No. 8 Li Na.

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Sony Ericsson Open: Wednesday Results

A successful day at the Sony Ericsson Open concluded on Wednesday after 36 matches were completed on both the men's and women's side.

On the Men's side, American James Blake could not rebound after falling behind in the second set and lost his match to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The other winners from Wednesday include Xavier Malisse, Santiago Giraldo, Antonio Velc, Ivan Dodig, Lukas Rosol, Roberto Bautista-Agut, Lukas Lacko, Tommy Haas, David Nalbandian, Nicolas Mahut, Frederico Gil, Robin Haase, Alejandro Falla, Grigor Dimitrov and Arnaud Clement. Both Mahut and Dodig won their matches in final set tiebreakers.

On the women's side of the tournament, Venus Williams won her first round match in straight sets over Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0, 6-3. Other winners included Kim Clijsters, Shahar Peer, Madison Keys, Ksenta Pervak, Aleksandra Wozniak, Garbine Muguruza Blanco, Stephanie Foretz Gacon, Pauline Parmentier, Melinda Czink, Kateryna Bondarenko, Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, Valeria Savinykh, Michaella Karjicek, Silvia Soler Espinosa, Vania King, Polona Hercog, Christina McHale, Iveta Benesova and Sofia Arvidsson.

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