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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Andy Roddick used a dominating serve and smart baseline game Sunday to beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 and win the Sony Ericsson Open.
Roddick earned his fifth title in a Masters 1000 tournament - one level below the Grand Slams - and his first since 2006.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - That sweaty but happy contestant skipping across the court in the neon yellow shirt Sunday was Rafael Nadal, no longer No. 1 but waving his index finger anyway after a third- round victory at the Sony Ericsson Open.
It has been 10 months since Nadal won a tournament, but he showed some of his old championship swagger by rallying past dangerous wild card David Nalbandian, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 6-2.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. | Defending champion Andy Murray lost his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open to Mardy Fish, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.
The upset means Rafael Nadal will overtake Murray for the No.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Serena Williams has taken the first step in her bid for a record sixth Key Biscayne title. The top-ranked Williams won her opening match Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Open, beating fellow American Alexa Glatch 6-2, 6-3.
Williams, who has won the tournament the past two years, needed barely an hour to move into the third round. Seeded players had first-round byes.
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Richard M. Goldstein of Bilzin Sumberg in Miami was appointed to the board of directors of the Key Biscayne Community Foundation.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Serena Williams has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Sony Ericsson Open. The top-ranked Williams twice lost five games in a row Monday but finished with a flourish and beat No. 17-seeded Zheng Jie 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
Also advancing was No. 5-seeded Venus Williams, who beat Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. The Williams sisters could renew their sibling rivalry in the semifinals Thursday.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Serena Williams sat in her chair wearing a weary grin as tournament workers prepared the court for the postmatch ceremony.
A word of warning," someone told Williams. "The trophies are really hot because they've been sitting in the sun.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Andy Murray hit second serves for aces, slipped passing shots through the narrowest openings and rarely made a mistake. It was a performance worthy of a trophy, and Murray became the first Brit to win the Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 Sunday.
The Scotsman used his vast repertoire of shots and took advantage of two wobbly stretches by Djokovic, who struggled with the 85- degree heat.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. | Andy Murray hit second serves for aces, angled passing shots through the narrowest openings and rarely made a mistake.
It was a performance worthy of a trophy, and Murray became the first Brit to win the Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday.
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Serena Williams sat in her chair wearing a weary grin, as tournament workers prepared the court for the postmatch ceremony.
A word of warning," someone told Williams. "The trophies are really hot because they've been sitting in the sun.