ATP Miami Masters: The Final

The players are back on the court!

As you may have noticed in the article, Djokovic-Troicki match has been moved to the Grandstand...

Well, I still haven't turned in yet. So Novak on after the Berdych match which has started in the 3rd.

The wimmin aren't helping either. TB for the lovely, fragrant Ana and Kim, so I'm sure I won't be seeing any of Rafa. tonight.

Ana and Kim are playing on the Court 2, Rafa is on the main court after Petkovic-Jankovic. Though they too just started the 3rd set...

Thanks Green

I just realised... Novak and Rafael will be playin at the same time!

Actually, when I come to think of it, Novak's match will probably be over before Nadal and Dolgopolov finish warming up...

:run2:

I think Mardy'll make it. That's usually the kiss of death when I say that, but he's definetly looking strong and I can't see Ferrer really surviving against him if he's serving well.

I believe Mr. Fish will do it with Stacy power, she will somehow motivate him to get by the tough David Ferrer.

We have funny H2H records for today's matchups...

One of them will be levelled up today though ...

C'mon Daveed ... batter him!!

I guess he won't... or not yet?

Shocker of a game when he lost his serve. I just knew that double fault was coming.

Well played Mardy at the age of 29 he has now reached his highest ranking and is Americas top male tennis player. He had to overcome both Juan Martin (7-5 7-6) and David Ferrer (7-5 6-2) to achieve this which he accomplished in straight sets. After his win against Juan Martin there was a heart warming picture taken of the two embracing at the net with both smiling broadly after a hard fought match.

Hooray for the Fish!

I want him to win this one, to be honest. Just for facing up to the adversity of being called a Fish for years.

Nole will do him up like a kipper ...

Fish also has a grand total of 106 points to defend during the entire clay season. Imagine what would happen if he absolutely owned the clay court season?

Wow, Anderson is playing really well so far!

Novak takes the first set after 53 minutes... with only one break of serve, though he tried hard to make it more. Novak had to save three break points, despite serving very well (74% of 1st serve), and converted one out of just two break opportunities.
Great tennis!

I guess nobody else here is watching this... You're missing some amazing points. Novak saved two more break points to take the 3-1 lead in the 2nd set...

I'm the only registered user online at the moment on the entire forum... I feel so lonely...

Well, Anderson surprised me, but Novak stayed cool and, after 1 hour and 48 minutes (!), it's 6:4 6:2. A hard fought victory, despite the final score, which is a good thing for Novak, I think.

To me Djoko didn't look very good today eventhough he won 6-4 and 6-2. His serve and his defense led the way, except for a few remarkable backhand winners on the dead run he wasn't hitting his forehand with much conviction and he was giving up too many errors with the backhand. Frankly, he was lucky that Anderson tightened up and went 0-5 on break points.

To me Novak looks a little tired and a little tight in this match. Nadal looks to be the inform guy right now. I am a Novak fan but the way Nadal is playing right now I would favor Nadal beating both Fed and Novak on his way to the title.

I'm looking forward to seeing Rafa tonight as he has seemed much solid in this tournament than IW. Berdych should provide a better test.

While waiting for the Simon-Federer match, perhaps some of you would like to see Djokovic-Anderson highlights.
I presume not many have seen the match...

Evening Green. They've just been showing the highlights in the UK on Sky tv. Its as you described earlier. Nole was really pushed in that match and perhaps could find it a little difficult with Fish.

The run has to end somewhere, no? ... :run2:

I'm waiting for the Main Event at midnight.

"The run has to end somewhere, no? ... "
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Yes, of course... but Fish? Nah!
I even think he'll beat him easier than Anderson, cause he's more familiar with his game.

Anyway, I'd rather Nadal ends his run... some time during the clay season! :run2:

Simon retires with a stiff neck after only three games...

Soooo... Nadal vs Berdych. I reckon Nadal will win this, as Berdych has been unimpressive so far; I think he's been taken to 3 in all of his rounds hasn't he?

No, he beat Berlocq 7:6 7:5 in R3, but I expect an easy win for Nadal... He seems to be playing much better than in Indian Wells.

He does seem to be playing better and seems totally focussed.

I'm sure Federer would have rather had some more match play under belt too.

Federer said something about losing his focus in USO SF because he was already thinking about the potential final with Nadal... Shame Simon was injured, he had a real opportunity there.

Yeah ... he does trouble Federer for some reason.

Well ... a semi-final of a Masters doesn't have the same kudos, but I'm sure he'd take it.

Rafa to do his bit yet though.

Roger Feder has been playing well this tournament and with the rest he will get from this match will likely put up a stronger than expected fight against his semi-final opponent - even if the court is playing like clay.

Can't see past Nadal not winning this Tournament even although Djokovic is on a high.

So this could be the end of Novaks exceptional run (that is assuming he does make the final!! )

Well, last season threw up some surprises at both IW and Miami, but with the top 3 and JMDP making the semis last week, there was no real surprises there.

Is Fish going to be the one here??

You were actually serious about Fish?! That's a - no way!

I don't know who and when is going to end Novak's winning streak, but whoever it is he's not gonna do it easily and Fish is just not good enough, IMO. Watching Novak's match with Anderson I saw how hungry for winning he still is and he's not gonna let go of this run that easy. Given the form he is in at the moment, I think the only real chance to beat him have Nadal and Federer. Though speaking objectively, I think Djokovic is winning this tournament. (And I'm not saying that cause he's my favourite player - he's already won quite enough this year and I wouldn't be too upset if he were to lose to Fish, but I don't think Fish will win more than 5 or 6 games... That's just the way things are at the moment. )

He could lose to Nadal/Federer in the final, but not to Fish!

I had never been this certain about the outcome of his matches before, I'm almost as confident as Novak right now .
[Ahem... I hope nobody quotes me on this! ]

Having seen the beginning of the match, I realise I may have gone a bit too far with the number of games that Fish will win prediction <blush>, but I'm still confident about the rest.

Djokovic tends to make the most of these rain delays...

Djokovic takes the first set - 6:3.

He couldn't have played worse and won this set BTW, but played somewhat better after the rain.

PS. Is anybody here watching this match?

Evening Green,

I tuned in after the rain break. Fish has had his break points though, just didn't take them. He'll be in bother if he loses his serve here.

Hi Wooffie!

Fish won his service games very easy before the rain break, and Novak barely managed to win his (had to save BPs)... And then it started to rain...

Aye ... the rain. It got him a set in the US Open final ...

I don't know where you're watching, Green, but Sky Sports were full of talk about there being an announcement at 7 pm on Andy Murray's new coach.

Nothing's happened, so it most likely is an April Fool.

2 breaks ... Fish all at sea now ...

"Aye ... the rain. It got him a set in the US Open final ... "
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Yes , I think Novak loves the rain... he always plays better after a rain delay. I guess he sometimes needs time to think things through...

I was right about the number of games?!

I heard Andy was gonna announce it on his Twitter... If it's an April Fool, not really funny - his fans have already been through enough.

Novak saved two BPs with aces before the rain, too.

Rafa did it with 3 yesterday :run2:

Yes, bit of a poor joke by Andy if that's the case. You can understand him getting sick to death about the subject, but you can't help the media and his fans having interest.

Good play to hold serve there by Novak.

"Rafa did it with 3 yesterday"
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Novak did it against Anderson, too. Also 2 in a row.

I wasn't right about the number of games...

We're thrilled if Rafa gets 3 aces in a set!!

Well ... Novak motors on. ANOTHER final. Fair play to him, he is just on fire. I expected a bit more from Fish but it was a pretty routine victory for him.

Who do you want for the final?

I think I already mentioned that Novak-Rafa matches are my favourite , and I expect them both to play better this time if it's Rafa in the final.


Novak wrote he loved somebody on the camera... Awww!