2010 Sony Ericsson Open

January 2025 2010 Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open logo.svg 200px March 22 – April 4 26th Masters 1000 (ATP)Premier Mandatory (WTA) Hard / outdoor Key Biscayne, Miami, United States Tennis Center at Crandon Park USA Andy Roddick BEL Kim Clijsters CZE Lukáš Dlouhý / IND Leander Paes ARG Gisela Dulko / ITA Flavia Pennetta Miami Open (tennis) Miami Open The 2010 Sony Ericsson Open (also known as the 2010 Miami Masters), was a tennis tournament for men and women held from March 22 to April 4, 2010. It was the 26th edition of the Miami Masters event and is played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, located near Miami. The tournament is a part of 2010 ATP World Tour and 2010 WTA Tour, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and a WTA Premier Mandatory event respectively. Entrants ATP World Tour Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Roger Federer Switzerland 1 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 2 2 Andy Murray Great Britain 3 3 Rafael Nadal Spain 4 4 Robin Söderling Sweden 7 5 Andy Roddick United States 8 6 Marin Čilić Croatia 9 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France 10 8 Fernando González Chile 11 9 Fernando Verdasco Spain 12 10 Ivan Ljubičić Croatia 13 11 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 14 12 Mikhail Youzhny Russia 15 13 Gaël Monfils France 16 14 David Ferrer Spain 17 15 Tomáš Berdych Czech Republic 20 16 John Isner United States 21 17 Tommy Robredo Spain 22 18 Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland 23 19 Gilles Simon France 24 20 Sam Querrey United States 25 21 Juan Mónaco Argentina 26 22 Jürgen Melzer Austria 28 23 Ivo Karlović Croatia 29 24 Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus 30 25 Albert Montañés Spain 31 26 Thomaz Bellucci Brazil 32 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany 33 28 Feliciano López Spain 34 29 Viktor Troicki Serbia 35 30 Janko Tipsarević Serbia 36 31 Julien Benneteau France 37 32 Nicolás Almagro Spain 38 33 Rankings are as of March 22, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: CRO Mario Ančić USA Ryan Harrison SRB Filip Krajinović ESP Carlos Moyá ARG David Nalbandian The following players received entry via qualifying: RSA Kevin Anderson BRA Marcos Daniel (as a Lucky loser) COL Santiago Giraldo KAZ Andrey Golubev TUR Marsel İlhan UZB Denis Istomin ECU Nicolás Lapentti (as a Lucky loser) TPE Lu Yen-hsun BEL Xavier Malisse UKR Illya Marchenko CHI Nicolás Massú BRA Ricardo Mello GER Rainer Schüttler USA Ryan Sweeting Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the event: ARG José Acasuso RUS Nikolay Davydenko (broken wrist) ARG Juan Martín del Potro (right wrist) GER Tommy Haas (hip injury) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (hip injury) FRA Gaël Monfils (left wrist) ESP Carlos Moyá (ankle) CZE Radek Štěpánek WTA Tour Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 4 2 Venus Williams United States 5 3 Victoria Azarenka Belarus 6 4 Elena Dementieva Russia 7 5 Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 8 6 Jelena Janković Serbia 9 7 Li Na China 10 8 Samantha Stosur Australia 11 9 Flavia Pennetta Italy 12 10 Vera Zvonareva Russia 14 11 Yanina Wickmayer Belgium 15 12 Marion Bartoli France 16 13 Kim Clijsters Belgium 17 14 Francesca Schiavone Italy 18 15 Nadia Petrova Russia 19 16 Shahar Pe'er Israel 20 17 Aravane Rezaï France 21 18 Daniela Hantuchová Slovakia 22 19 Zheng Jie China 23 20 Alona Bondarenko Ukraine 24 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia 25 22 Sabine Lisicki Germany 26 23 Alisa Kleybanova Russia 27 24 Ana Ivanovic Serbia 28 25 Dominika Cibulková Slovakia 29 26 Ágnes Szávay Hungary 30 27 Elena Vesnina Russia 31 28 María José Martínez Sánchez Spain 33 29 Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain 34 30 Aleksandra Wozniak Canada 35 31 Maria Kirilenko Russia 36 32 Rankings are as of March 9, 2010. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: BEL Justine Henin POR Michelle Larcher de Brito CRO Petra Martić AUS Alicia Molik RUS Anastasia Pivovarova NED Arantxa Rus CRO Ajla Tomljanović GBR Heather Watson The following players received entry via qualifying: SWE Sofia Arvidsson GBR Elena Baltacha AUS Casey Dellacqua UKR Mariya Koryttseva NED Michaëlla Krajicek RUS Regina Kulikova USA Varvara Lepchenko USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands JPN Ayumi Morita FRA Pauline Parmentier BUL Tsvetana Pironkova AUS Anastasia Rodionova Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the event: UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (knee injury) GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld IND Sania Mirza POL Urszula Radwańska RUS Dinara Safina (back injury) http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Pretournament/Sharapova-Withdrawal.aspx Sharapova, Safina & Davydneko Withdraw From Sony Ericsson Open 2010-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100323073837/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Pretournament/Sharapova-Withdrawal.aspx 23 March 2010 dead RUS Maria Sharapova (right elbow) USA Serena Williams (left knee) Prize money Th total commitment prize money for this year's event is $4,500,000 each (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/About/Prize-Money.aspx 2010 Prize Money 30 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100330070400/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/About/Prize-Money.aspx 2010-03-30 dead Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Winner $605,500 $700,000 $198,400 $237,000 Finalist $295,500 $350,000 $96,820 $118,500 Semifinalist $148,100 $150,000 $48,530 $51,000 Quarterfinalist $75,500 $64,700 $24,730 $22,000 Round of 16 $39,800 $32,000 $13,040 $11,500 Round of 32 $21,300 $18,740 $6,980 $4,000 Round of 64 $11,500 $11,500 - - Round of 96 $7,050 $7,050 - - Fees, Bonus, Pool $989,800 Events Men's singles 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's singles thumb|right|170px|Andy Roddick the Men's singles champion of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open All seeds receive a bye into the second round. 14th seed Gaël Monfils withdrew before the start of the tournament and was replaced by Nicolás Almagro as the 33rd seed. Mardy Fish, David Nalbandian and Taylor Dent all progress to the second round in straight sets as James Blake grinded in three sets to advance, while Richard Gasquet was the upset of the round. The second round recorded major upsets as 2nd seed and 2009 finalist Novak Djokovic fell to Olivier Rochus 6−2, 6−7(6), 6−4http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Friday-Rochus-Beats-Djokovic.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Rochus Stuns Djokovic 2010-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329132036/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Friday-Rochus-Beats-Djokovic.aspx 29 March 2010 dead and 3rd seed and defending champion Andy Murray fell to Mardy Fish 6−4, 6−4.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Saturday-Fish-Beats-Murray.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Fish Sends Murray Crashing Out 2010-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329115737/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Saturday-Fish-Beats-Murray.aspx 29 March 2010 dead Other seeds that fell were Albert Montañés, Janko Tipsarević, Sam Querrey and Viktor Troicki who lost to David Nalbandian. The 2010 BNP Paribas Open Ivan Ljubičić retired due to back injury leading 6−4, 1−0. In the Third Round the top seeds Roger Federer struggled against Florent Serra in closing out each set but eventually won 7−6(2), 7−6(3)http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Federer-Reaches-Fourth-Round.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Federer Struggles To Shut Out Serra 2010-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401094907/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Federer-Reaches-Fourth-Round.aspx 1 April 2010 dead and 4th seed Rafael Nadal survived against David Nalbandian 6−7(8), 6−2, 6−2.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Sunday-Nadal-Wins.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Nadal Grinds Out Tough Win 2010-03-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331173951/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament/Miami-Sunday-Nadal-Wins.aspx 31 March 2010 dead The other seeds went through a rough patch as they needed to overcome a 1st set loss but eventually advance namely Mikhail Youzhny, Fernando González and Fernando Verdasco. Juan Carlos Ferrero overcame a second lapse against John Isner winning 6−2, 3−6, 6−3, while compatriots Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López fell. Top ten players Andy Roddick, Robin Söderling and Marin Čilić cruised through. In the fourth round action Jo Wilfried Tsonga cruised over Juan Carlos Ferrero 6−2, 6−2 to set up a clash against Rafael Nadal who downed compatriot David Ferrer 7–6(5), 6–4.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Nadal-Wins.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Nadal Sets Tsonga Showdown 2010-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402230829/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Nadal-Wins.aspx 2 April 2010 dead Andy Roddick also made through the quarterfinals recovering from a 1−4 (0−40) scoreline in the first set to defeat Benjamin Becker 7−6(4), 6−3http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Roddick-Into-QFs.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Roddick Overcomes Slow Start To Reach QFs 2010-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402215011/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Roddick-Into-QFs.aspx 2 April 2010 dead and is scheduled to face Nicolás Almagro who grinded out a 3 set win over Thomaz Bellucci. The other Quarterfinal showdown is between Mikhail Youzhny who defeated Mardy Fish taking on Robin Söderling who won over Fernando González. Fernando Verdasco also made through with a 6-4 7–6(3) coming back from a break down in the second set over Marin Čilić. He is now scheduled to face Tomáš Berdych who upset Roger Federer 6–4, 6-7(3), 7-6(6) saving a match point en route to the victory.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Berdych-Upsets-Federer.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Berdych Saves Match Point To Upset Federer 2010-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402224557/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Berdych-Upsets-Federer.aspx 2 April 2010 dead In the first of the battle for the semi-finals Andy Roddick made quick work of Nicolás Almagro with a 6−3, 6−3 in just 80 minutes breaking the Spaniards serve 3 times and saving the only two break points he faced in the second round.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Roddick-Into-Semifinals.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Roddick Reaches Semi-finals Without Dropping A Set 2010-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402224406/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Roddick-Into-Semifinals.aspx 2 April 2010 dead The American defeated 4−6, 6−3, 6−3 Rafael Nadal who also had had an easy victory over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga breaking the Tsonga serve 4 times and saving all 8 break points he faced to earn a 6−3, 6−2 victory.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Nadal-Reaches-Semifinals.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Nadal & Roddick To Clash In Semi-finals 2010-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402224401/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Nadal-Reaches-Semifinals.aspx 2 April 2010 dead Following Nadal and Roddick in the semifinals was Tomáš Berdych who survived against Fernando Verdasco two days after defeating Roger Federer 4−6, 7−6(5), 6−4 with both players saving 7 of 9 break points.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Berdych-Beats-Verdasco.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Berdych Backs Up Federer Win By Stopping Verdasco 2010-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403211325/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Berdych-Beats-Verdasco.aspx 3 April 2010 dead Berdych defeated Swede Robin Söderling who had cruised over Mikhail Youzhny with a 6−1, 6−4.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Soderling-Beats-Youzhny.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Söderling's Sizzling Run Continues 2010-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403211421/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Soderling-Beats-Youzhny.aspx 3 April 2010 dead In the first semifinal saw Andy Roddick taking on Rafael Nadal with leading the head-to-head 5−2 with a 3 match winning streak and 7 straight sets. However the American was able to upset Spaniard 4−6, 6−3, 6−3 with Roddick changing strategies in the middle of the second set and being more agrresive and breaking the Spaniard 3 times with himself getting broken once. Nadal reacted on Roddick' change of tactics he said "I started the match playing pretty well in the beginning. Later in the second set Andy was serving well; I didn't have a lot of chances on the return. He started to play more aggressive in the game where he broke me. It was a change, and it was surprise for me.".http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Friday-Roddick-Beats-Nadal.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Roddick Rides Fearsome Serve Into Final 2010-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405174225/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Friday-Roddick-Beats-Nadal.aspx 5 April 2010 dead In the second semifinal saw Tomáš Berdych continue his marvelous run and upsetting Robin Söderling with a 6−2, 6−2 crushing victory over the Swede breaking the Swede 4 times and saving the only break point he faced.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Friday-Berdych-Bounces-Soderling.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Berdych Sweeps Söderling To Reach Final Against Roddick 2010-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405193306/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Friday-Berdych-Bounces-Soderling.aspx 5 April 2010 dead In the finals it was Roddick's 10th Masters final and the 2nd for Berdych. In their head-to-head Roddick is above Berdych 5−2, and Roddick has won their 3 previous encounters including 2 this year.http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/03/13/Miami-Finals-Previews.aspx ATP World Tour Miami Singles & Doubles Finals Previews 2010-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405040104/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/03/13/Miami-Finals-Previews.aspx 5 April 2010 live In the match, it was completely even as both players did not face a single break point up until 5-5, where Berdych save a break point but double faulted and went long to give Roddick the break, and serve out the first set at love. In the second set Roddick got to an early start as he broke for a 2−0 lead and even had match points at 5−3 but BErdych fend it off, but Roddick serve it out to win the set 6−4 and the match. Asked what most pleased him about the title run, Roddick said: "I won in different ways. I changed it up against Rafa and today I was smart with chipping and mixing paces, which kept him guessing. I held onto my serve well throughout and played a pretty smart tournament.". "He was just too strong today", Berdych said. "He's not just serving the big bombs. His variations of the serve are a really big improvement. ... I was really looking for maybe to get one chance, but he held pretty well. I didn’t get any chance during whole match.".http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8602924.stm BBC Sport Andy Roddick beats Tomáš Berdych at Sony Ericsson Open 2010-04-04 2010-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100406054328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8602924.stm 6 April 2010 livehttps://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news;_ylt=AmcDHVTic6O8MJa6hrEy5_I4v7YF?slug=ap-keybiscayne Yahoo! Sports Roddick beats Berdych to win Key Biscayne title 2010-04-04http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Sunday-Roddick-Wins.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Unbreakable Roddick Rolls To Title 2010-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100407052819/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Sunday-Roddick-Wins.aspx 7 April 2010 dead dmy-all Championship Match USA Andy Roddick defeated CZE Tomáš Berdych 7−5, 6−4 It was Roddick's second title of the year and 29th of his career. It was his 5th Masters 1000 title. It was his 2nd win at Miami, also winning in 2004. Women's singles 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's singles thumb|right|170px|Kim Clijsters the Women's singles champion of the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open All seeds receive a bye into the second round. With Serena Williams withdrawal sister Venus Williams replaced her to open up the 2nd round. http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Pretournament/Venus-To-Play-Thursday-Night.aspx Venus Williams To Play Featured Match Thursday Night 2010-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20100322212436/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Pretournament/Venus-To-Play-Thursday-Night.aspx 22 March 2010 dead dmy-all In the second round several seeds fell with Alona Bondarenko, Sabine Lisicki, Alisa Kleybanova, María José Martínez Sánchez, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Aleksandra Wozniak and Aravane Rezaï. 2010 Australian Open Chinese semifinalists Li Na, Zheng Jie and Elena Dementieva were also ousted. In the third round most of the higher seeds progress with the exceptions of Francesca Schiavone who fell to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Nadia Petrova falling to Daniela Hantuchová and Justine Henin progress over Dominika Cibulková. The fourth round began with a major upset as Marion Bartoli won convincingly over top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–0 as the Russian struggled with a shoulder injury.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Bartoli-Tops-Kuznetsova.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Top Seed Kuznetsova Falls To Bartoli 2010-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331184033/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Bartoli-Tops-Kuznetsova.aspx 31 March 2010 dead dmy-all Third seed Venus Williams also struggled as she rallied to defeat Daniela Hantuchová 1−6, 7−5, 6−4 in the only three set affair in the fourth round and overcoming a 2−0 deficit in the second set.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Venus-Advances.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Venus Shrugs Off Slow Start 2010-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331184049/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Monday-Venus-Advances.aspx 2010-03-31 dead Three Belgians advance to the Quarterfinals with relative ease Yanina Wickmayer defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6−0, 6−1, Justine Henin dominated Vera Zvonareva with a 6–4, 6–0 victory and Kim Clijsters prevailed over defending champion Victoria Azarenka 6−4, 6−0. world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwańska and Samantha Stosur also won in straight sets. In the first day of the Quarterfinals Venus Williams recorded her 5th straight victory over Agnieszka Radwańska convincingly 6−3, 6−1 breaking the Radwańska serve five times, with her serve getting broken once.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Venus-Into-SFs.aspx Venus Surges Into Semi-finals 2010-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402215017/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Tuesday-Venus-Into-SFs.aspx 2 April 2010 dead dmy-all Venus was followed by Marion Bartoli who edged out one of three Belgians in the quarterfinals Yanina Wickmayer 6−4, 7−5 the match featured 12 breaks of serve 7−5 to Bartoli as both players struggled on serve. The meeting between Bartoli and Venus is their first match that is not a final. Bartoli and Venus was joined in by the Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin in the Semifinals. Kim Clijsters had an easier victory as she dispatched Australian Samantha Stosur 6–3, 7–5 in just over 70 minutes,http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Wednesday-Clijsters-Into-SFs.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Clijsters Sets Belgian Blockbuster 2010-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402224411/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Wednesday-Clijsters-Into-SFs.aspx 2010-04-02 dead while Justine Henin needed twice as more time to grind over world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki with a 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 victory.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Henin-Into-SFs.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Henin Rallies To Reach Semi-finals 2010-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402224356/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Wednesday-Henin-Into-SFs.aspx 2 April 2010 dead dmy-all In the Semifinals Venus Williams made a quick work of Marion Bartoli winning 6−4, 6−3. Bartoli made four double faults in the sixth and stated that "It was all terrible. The more I was thinking, okay, just put your first serve in, the worse it was getting. I think it's also the part that she's so inside the baseline. I would just put the first serve in, and she would just get over it and kill me on the return of serve. That really put a lot of pressure on [me]." she then added "I think that's also what sets her apart from the other players. Like Serena, when you get her in front of you, it's not like an average player returning your serve. If you're not serving perfectly, she gonna hit a great return and [you will] be on defense." This is Venus' 15th straight win.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Williams-Into-Final.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Williams Looks To End Title Drought At Sony Ericsson Open 2010-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403213006/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Williams-Into-Final.aspx 3 April 2010 dead dmy-all In the 2nd semifinals in a Belgian encounter saw Kim Clijsters outlasted compatriot Justine Henin 6−2, 6−7(3), 7−6(6) to even their head-to-head 12−12.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Clijsters-Wins-Belgian-Battle.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Clijsters Wins Belgian Battle In Thriller 2010-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403211559/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Thursday-Clijsters-Wins-Belgian-Battle.aspx 2010-04-03 dead In the finals the head-to-head was 6−5 in favor of the American. However it was the Belgian Kim Clijsters who dominated her most fancied opponent American Venus Williams 6−2, 6−1, thus breaking the Americans 15 match winning streak and the Belgian returning to the top 10. "It took a lot of hard work to get back into shape and I have a few people to thank, including my fitness coach and husband", Clijsters said during the on-court ceremony. "It feels really good to be back here, having won the title in 2005. It's always nice to come back to a place you have done well before, and to such a beautiful stadium." The Belgian added. The older Williams stated that "Sometimes when you hit a few bad shots it's not as easy to reel it in, and things start to go a little bit quicker. Every now and then it happens to the best of us. I think this happened to Kim in Australia, so I think she knows what it's like. Wasn't the best day, but that's, I guess, sport sometimes." and added "Obviously against a player like Kim, if you make too many errors, the match can go quickly. I mean, I think she hit eight winners, so it wasn't she played extremely solid; it's not like I was blown off the court. Unfortunately I was my own worst enemy today.". Clijsters then said "What has changed for me now is whatever I do at the courts, it's almost like my time off", Clijsters said. "I get to come here, work out and play my matches. It's like Mommy time. When I’m done, I’m really focused on my family life, and I like the balance.".http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Saturday-Clijsters-Wins-Title.aspx Sont Ericsson Open Clijsters Shuts Down Williams To Claim Second Sony Ericsson Open Title 2010-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405035410/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Saturday-Clijsters-Wins-Title.aspx 2010-04-05 deadhttps://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/news;_ylt=AscA28YJy7Va3K4JfxHMwVo4v7YF?slug=ap-keybiscayne Yahoo! Sports Clijsters beats VWilliams for Key Biscayne title 2010-04-03 Championship Match BEL Kim Clijsters defeated USA Venus Williams, 6−2, 6−1. It was Clijsters' second title of the year and 37th of her career. It was her second title of this event, also winning in 2005. Men's doubles 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles In the first round all seeded players progress with the exception of 5th seed Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach fell to the German team of Benjamin Becker and Michael Kohlmann. They were joined by half of the defending champion Andy Ram who partnered Michaël Llodra who fell to Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco. The second round action saw top seeds Daniel Nestor – Nenad Zimonjić and 6th seeds Simon Aspelin – Paul Hanley falling to the Spanish teams of Nicolás Almagro – Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López – Fernando Verdasco respectively. 7th seeds František Čermák and Michal Mertiňák also fell to Arnaud Clément and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, while 4 seeds also advance to the Quarterfinals. In the Quarterfinals Spanish team of Nicolás Almagro and Tommy Robredo won over compatriots Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco, while 3rd seed Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes, and 4th seed Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi occupied their rightful semifinal slots. For the final slot were Polish team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski who upset 2nd seeded Americans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. In the semifinals the two higher seeds remaining both won their matches comfortably with 3rd seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes winning 6–3, 6–0 over unseeded Spaniards Nicolás Almagro and Tommy Robredo, while 4th seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi also won in straight sets over 8th-seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7–6(4), 6–4. In the final it was the pair of Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes who came through and thus winning their first Miami title as a team and as individuals with a 6–2, 7–5 victory over Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the process halting Mirnyi's quest for a record 5th doubles title.http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/03/13/Miami-Doubles-Final.aspx ATP World Tour Dlouhy & Paes Win Sony Ericsson Open Doubles Title 2010-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405035446/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/03/13/Miami-Doubles-Final.aspx 5 April 2010 live Championship Match CZE Lukáš Dlouhý / IND Leander Paes defeated IND Mahesh Bhupathi / BLR Max Mirnyi, 6–2, 7–5. Women's doubles 2010 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles In the first round three seeded teams fell with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi who fell to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska, Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei falling to Klaudia Jans and Vladimíra Uhlířová, and the biggest upset as top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber was upset by Natalie Grandin and Abigail Spears. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova partnered with Alicia Molik losing to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. In the second round remaining seeded teams all made it through with the exception of the no. 2 seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez who fell to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. In the quarterfinals 4th seeds Rennae Stubbs and Lisa Raymond advance with a comfortable win over Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone, while Stubbs former partner Samantha Stosur also advance with Nadia Petrova with a win over Julie Coin and Vania King. In the semifinals Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur defeated the team of Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in a 6–1, 7–5 final score, and the team of Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta also advanced to the final defeating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs double 6–4. In the semifinals saw Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur advancing to the finals in a convincing fashion with a 6–1, 7–5 victory over Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie. In the second semifinals saw Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta upsetting 4th seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in a straight set 6–4, 6–4 victory. In the final it was the pair Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta who produce another upset as they defeated 3rd seeds Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur, thus defeating 3 of the top 4 seeds after upsetting 2nd seeds Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez in the second round and 3rd seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in the semifinals. This is Dulko and Pennetta's first Mandatory level doubles title as a team and as individuals.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Doubles-Final-Dulko-Pennetta-Win.aspx ATP World Tour Dulko & Pennetta Clinch Women's Doubles Title 2010-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100407061957/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Doubles-Final-Dulko-Pennetta-Win.aspx 7 April 2010 dead dmy-all Championship Match ARG Gisela Dulko / ITA Flavia Pennetta defeated RUS Nadia Petrova / AUS Samantha Stosur, 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]. Attendance A record total of 312,386 visited the Crandon Park Tennis Center including a sellout crowd of 14,119 for the men's final on Sunday, April 4. The men's final sold out on March 8, marking the quickest sellout for a men's final in tournament history.http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Sunday-Record-Year.aspx Sony Ericsson Open Record Year For Sony Ericsson Open 2010 2010-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100407052809/http://www.sonyericssonopen.com/News/Tennis/2010/Tournament-Week-2/Miami-Sunday-Record-Year.aspx 7 April 2010 dead dmy-all References External links Official website 25 42 29 N 80 09 32 W type:landmark title Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open Category:Miami Open (tennis) Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open Sony Ericsson Open