What’s Going on in Miami?

Julie Bonner — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:28:28 +0000

Tennis is in full swing in Miami and the heavy hitters are coming out strong. British player Andy Murray and Serbian Novak Djokovic made it into the quarterfinals of the ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament today (March 31st). Murray defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-0 and Djokovic defeated Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2.

Murray played an excellent match and he knew it.

“I didn’t make a lot of mistakes, high percentage of first serves, used my slice well – just kept thinking all the way through the match,” Murray said.

“Right from the start, to get a break early, set the tone for the rest of the match. He didn’t really recover from that.”

Djokovic took advantage of his opponents mistakes for the victory.

“I was trying to stick with him all the time, because I knew he’s very aggressive, but not really consistent from the baseline,” Djokovic said.

“He makes a lot of unforced errors, especially from the forehand side, so I changed the pace and I played a really good tennis.”

The fourth rounds men’s match will include Djokovic facing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , Roger Federer facing Taylor Dent and Andy Roddick facing Gael Monfils . Now those will be some amazing matches to watch.