Daily Briefing - No. 1 Nadal & No. 2 Djokovic In Dream Championship

Miami, U.S.A.

by Greg Sharko

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 A dream final between the Top 2 players on the ATP World Tour is set for Sunday at the Sony Ericsson Open, with a World No. 1 looking to win his first Miami title and a World No. 2 trying for a fourth straight title this year. Between both both players, they have held 87 of 88 service games and dropped one set in 10 combined matches. It is the first time since 1995 in Miami the top two players are meeting in the final. That year No. 2 Andre Agassi defeated No. 1 Pete Sampras in a third set tie-break. 

In a highly-anticipated match on Friday night, Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 63 62, in a match between two of the all-time greats. Nadal has lost one set en route, to Tomas Berdych in the quarters, and he’s held serve 47 of 48 games. The No. 1-ranked Spaniard  will try to stop the Djokovic winning streak, having fallen to him in three sets in the Indian Wells final two weeks ago. Nadal, who was runner-up in Miami in 2005 (l. to Federer) and ’08 (l. to Davydenko), is trying to become the first Spanish man to win the title in tournament  history (since 1985). He is 43-14 in career ATP World Tour finals (including 18-7 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals) and is seeking his first title since last October in Tokyo.      read more  »