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 1 1 Novak Djokovic 2 2 Andy Murray 3 3 Rafael Nadal 4 4 Robin Söderling 7 5 Andy Roddick 8 6 Marin Čilić 9 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10 8 Fernando González 11 9 Fernando Verdasco 12 10 Ivan Ljubičić 13 11 Juan Carlos Ferrero 14 12 Mikhail Youzhny 15 13 Gaël Monfils 16 14 David Ferrer 17 15 Tomáš Berdych 20 16 John Isner 21 17 Tommy Robredo 22 18 Stanislas Wawrinka 23 19 Gilles Simon 24 20 Sam Querrey 25 21 Juan Mónaco 26 22 Jürgen Melzer 28 23 Ivo Karlović 29 24 Marcos Baghdatis 30 25 Albert Montañés 31 26 Thomaz Bellucci 32 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber 33 28 Feliciano López 34 29 Viktor Troicki 35 30 Janko Tipsarević 36 31 Julien Benneteau 37 32 Nicolás Almagro 38 33 Rankings are as of March 22, 2010.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Mario Ančić Ryan Harrison Filip Krajinović Carlos Moyá David Nalbandian
The following players received entry via qualifying: Kevin Anderson Marcos Daniel (as a Lucky loser) Santiago Giraldo Andrey Golubev Marsel İlhan Denis Istomin Nicolás Lapentti (as a Lucky loser) Lu Yen-hsun Xavier Malisse Illya Marchenko Nicolás Massú Ricardo Mello Rainer Schüttler Ryan Sweeting
Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the event: José Acasuso Nikolay Davydenko (broken wrist) Juan Martín del Potro (right wrist) Tommy Haas (hip injury) Lleyton Hewitt (hip injury) Gaël Monfils (left wrist) Carlos Moyá (ankle) Radek Štěpánek
WTA Tour
Seeds Athlete Nationality Ranking* Seeding Svetlana Kuznetsova 3 1 Caroline Wozniacki 4 2 Venus Williams 5 3 Victoria Azarenka 6 4 Elena Dementieva 7 5 Agnieszka Radwańska 8 6 Jelena Janković 9 7 Li Na 10 8 Samantha Stosur 11 9 Flavia Pennetta 12 10 Vera Zvonareva 14 11 Yanina Wickmayer 15 12 Marion Bartoli 16 13 Kim Clijsters 17 14 Francesca Schiavone 18 15 Nadia Petrova 19 16 Shahar Pe'er 20 17 Aravane Rezaï 21 18 Daniela Hantuchová 22 19 Zheng Jie 23 20 Alona Bondarenko 24 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 25 22 Sabine Lisicki 26 23 Alisa Kleybanova 27 24 Ana Ivanovic 28 25 Dominika Cibulková 29 26 Ágnes Szávay 30 27 Elena Vesnina 31 28 María José Martínez Sánchez 33 29 Anabel Medina Garrigues 34 30 Aleksandra Wozniak 35 31 Maria Kirilenko 36 32 Rankings are as of March 9, 2010.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Justine Henin Michelle Larcher de Brito Petra Martić Alicia Molik Anastasia Pivovarova Arantxa Rus Ajla Tomljanović Heather Watson
The following players received entry via qualifying: Sofia Arvidsson Elena Baltacha Casey Dellacqua Mariya Koryttseva Michaëlla Krajicek Regina Kulikova Varvara Lepchenko Bethanie Mattek-Sands Ayumi Morita Pauline Parmentier Tsvetana Pironkova Anastasia Rodionova
Withdrawals The following notable players withdrew from the event: Kateryna Bondarenko (knee injury) Anna-Lena Grönefeld Sania Mirza Urszula Radwańska Dinara Safina (back injury) Maria Sharapova (right elbow) 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).
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
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), 6−4 and 3rd seed and defending champion Andy Murray fell to Mardy Fish 6−4, 6−4. 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) and 4th seed Rafael Nadal survived against David Nalbandian 6−7(8), 6−2, 6−2. 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. 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), 6−3 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. 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. 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. 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. Berdych defeated Swede Robin Söderling who had cruised over Mikhail Youzhny with a 6−1, 6−4. 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.". 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.
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. 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.".
Championship Match
Andy Roddick defeated 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
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. With Serena Williams withdrawal sister Venus Williams replaced her to open up the 2nd round. 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. 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. 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.