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WTA SCOREBOARD: The Sony Ericsson Open at Key Biscayne (Miami) s=seed, n=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"? Sony Ericsson Open,  Miami, Florida   NWS weather radar tourney time:        = GMT -4 hours        = US EDT        = US PDT +3 hours Miami news Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar   click for broader view   Tennis Center at Crandon Park - Park map Lat.: 25.708962 Long.: -116.304295 goto link for World Wind     Miami: The main draw for this 96-player, two week, seven round tourney has 32 seeds, with 32 1st-round byes. There are 12 qualifiers and 8 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying (2 rounds) is on Monday & Tuesday. Main draw play begins on Tuesday, at 10am on the outer courts, 11am on the Stadium and Grandstand courts. 2014: On Tuesday, March 18 at Miami, players alerting the media about this year's Sony Open included Simona Halep, 2008 Miami finalist Jelena Jankovic, 5-time tourney finalist Maria Sharapova, 2012 champ Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-time Miami champ Serena Williams, and Li Na...

Miami, 1st Rd, Tue-Wed 10am & 11am loser's prize: $9,165; points: 10 *n57 Monica Puig PUR d n36 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 6-1, 7-6(7) Tue n37 Andrea Petkovic GER d n72 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor ESP 6-3, 6-4 Wed Petko and Maria-Teresa delivering forehands, and Andrea after match point n38 Madison Keys USA d n201 wc Anett Kontaveit EST 6-3, 6-2 Wed Madison after match point n39 Yvonne Meusburger AUT d n70 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP 6-3, 6-0 Wed n40 Shuai Peng CHN d n67 Karolina Pliskova CZE 7-5, 6-0 Wed *n109 sr Romina Oprandi SUI d n41 Bojana Jovanovski SRB 6-2, 6-4 Tue *n66 Lauren Davis USA d n42 Shuai Zhang CHN 6-2, 6-3 Wed n43 Elina Svitolina UKR d n52 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Tue *n64 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ d n44 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-4, 6-2 Tue n45 Alison Riske USA d n104 q Nadiya Kichenok UKR 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Wed n46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n60 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 6-2, 7-5 Tue n47 Kurumi Nara JPN d n48 Annika Beck GER 7-6(2), 6-4 Tue *n84 q Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT d n49 Karin Knapp ITA 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 Wed *n78 Casey Dellacqua AUS d n50 Stefanie Voegele SUI 6-3, 6-2 Tue n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n56 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 7-5, 6-1 Tue *n153 wc Nadia Petrova RUS d n53 Urszula Radwanska POL 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 Wed n55 Christina McHale USA d n58 Jie Zheng CHN 6-4, 6-2 Wed Jie and Christina following backhand and forehand *n118 q Zarina Diyas KAZ d n59 Alexandra Cadantu ROU 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Wed *n108 q Coco Vandeweghe USA d n62 Marina Erakovic NZL 6-4, 7-6(6) Wed *n65 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n63 Monica Niculescu ROU 6-3, 6-4 Wed n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n91 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 7-6(4), 6-4 Wed n69 Vania King USA d n101 q Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 6-0, 6-0 Wed *n249 wc Rebecca Peterson SWE d n71 Mona Barthel GER 6-4, 4-2 retired Wed n73 Anna Schmiedlova SVK d n228 wc Indy de Vroome NED 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 Tue n74 Chanelle Scheepers RSA d n89 Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 6-3, 6-0 Tue n76 Paula Ormaechea ARG d n96 q Katarzyna Piter POL 7-6(0), 6-1 Wed n77 Caroline Garcia FRA d n241 wc Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 6-3, 7-5 Tue *n94 q Olga Govortsova BLR d n82 q Shahar Peer ISR 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 Wed n83 q Virginie Razzano FRA d n134 wc Heather Watson GBR 6-4, 6-0 Wed *n103 q Donna Vekic CRO d n92 q Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 7-6(2), 6-2 Wed n126 q Kiki Bertens NED d n139 wc Victoria Duval USA 7-6(5), 6-1 Wed n142 sr Alisa Kleybanova RUS d nNR sr Iveta Melzer CZE 7-6(3), 6-1 Tue

Miami, 2nd Rd, Thu-Fri 10am & 11am loser's prize: $14,945; points: 35 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n64 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 7-6(7), 6-2 Thu Serena driving a backhand     Yaroslava served for the 1st set while leading 5-3, but failed to convert her set points.     Serena said: "[Yaroslava] was playing really, really well. When she was up a break I really tried to fight to make the shots. And when she was serving for the first set, I just tried to be more Serena-like.     "She was doing a little bit of everything today. She was hitting hard, she was hitting soft, she was doing a little bit of everything. I was making a few more errors than what I should have been making, what I should have made, and that really kind of threw me for a loop during the match as well. But I just tried to come back and stay in the match." WTA story n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n142 sr Alisa Kleybanova RUS walkover—cold/flu Fri n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n109 sr Romina Oprandi SUI 6-0, 6-4 Fri Agnieszka driving a forehand n5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d n47 Kurumi Nara JPN 6-3, 6-4 Thu Maria's forehand drive     Maria said: "[Kurumi] made me work extremely hard. She's a really quick opponent, got a lot of balls back, as you saw, and she made me hit a lot. She made me try to do too much in certain situations." WTA story n6 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n40 Shuai Peng CHN 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5) Thu Angelique driving a backhand *n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n8 s7 Jelena Jankovic SRB 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(2) Fri Varvara after match point n9 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n76 Paula Ormaechea ARG 6-3, 6-4 Thu n10 s9 Sara Errani ITA d n84 q Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 6-1, 6-4 Thu n11 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n39 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 6-1, 6-2 Fri Domi driving a forehand n12 s11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n57 Monica Puig PUR 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Fri n13 s12 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n66 Lauren Davis USA 6-1, 6-1 Thu Ana serving *n65 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE d n14 s13 Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 Fri Barbora after match point     Barbora lead 4-1 in the 3rd set, then Roberta closed the gap to 4-all.     Barbora said: "It was so difficult, because Roberta is such a great player. We played against each other three times—I never beat her. So I'm very happy that I won today." tourney interview video n15 s14 Sabine Lisicki GER d n153 wc Nadia Petrova RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Thu n16 s15 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n74 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 6-4, 6-1 Fri n17 s16 Samantha Stosur AUS d n126 q Kiki Bertens NED 6-3, 6-2 Thu n18 s17 Sloane Stephens USA d n118 q Zarina Diyas KAZ 7-5, 6-3 Fri *n43 Elina Svitolina UKR d n19 s18 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Fri n20 s19 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n83 q Virginie Razzano FRA 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Thu n21 s20 Flavia Pennetta ITA d n94 q Olga Govortsova BLR 6-3, 6-3 Thu Flavia's backhand drive     Last week's champ at Indian Wells, Flavia said: "It was a tough match, but I think we played good tennis. It was not easy to stay focused on the new tournament, but I did my best and everything was working pretty good." WTA story *n108 q Coco Vandeweghe USA d n22 s21 A Pavlyuchenkova RUS 7-6(7), 7-5 Thu n23 s22 Alize Cornet FRA d n37 Andrea Petkovic GER 6-2, 6(0)-7, 6-4 Fri n24 s23 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n249 wc R Peterson SWE 6-1, 6-1 Thu n26 s24 Kaia Kanepi EST d n55 Christina McHale USA 7-6(5), 7-6(0) Fri *n46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL d n27 s25 Sorana Cirstea ROU 6-3, 6-3 Thu n28 s26 Lucie Safarova CZE d n69 Vania King USA 6-3, 7-6(2) Thu *n77 Caroline Garcia FRA d n29 s27 Klara Zakopalova CZE 7-6(3), 7-6(3) Thu *n103 q Donna Vekic CRO d n30 s28 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 7-6(5), 7-5 Thu n31 s20 Venus Williams USA d n73 Anna Schmiedlova SVK 6-3, 6-3 Fri *n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO d n32 s30 Garbine Muguruza ESP 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 Fri *n38 Madison Keys USA d n34 s31 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 6-2 Fri Madison driving a forehand n35 s32 Elena Vesnina RUS d n45 Alison Riske USA 6-2, 6-2 Fri *n78 Casey Dellacqua AUS d n75 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 Fri

Miami, 3rd Rd, Sat-Sun 10am & 11am loser's prize: $27,685; points: 65 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n77 Caroline Garcia FRA 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Sat Caroline serving, and Serena driving a forehand     Serena struck 34 winners, but with 47 unforced errors.     Serena said: "[Caroline is] obviously a really good player... but I really gave myself a tremendous amount of trouble out there too. I made so many unforced errors, I hit so short... I really just have to do better." WTA story     Caroline said: "It was already my third time playing Serena, so maybe she was a little less intimidating than the previous times. I just tried to forget it's Serena Williams, forget that she's won how many Grand Slams, and just be me and just play. And I'm happy with what I did. It was a good match. She's a great player and she's always fighting a lot. I think it was a good test for me." n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n38 Madison Keys USA 7-6(3), 6-3 Sun Madison and Na driving forehand and backhand     Na said: "Madison was playing very well today. Big serve, big forehand... I'm just happy I played well on those big points in the first set." WTA story     Madison said: "All credit to [Na], especially on my set points. She completely went for the ball and hit winners. I'm learning from her: going for your shots, believing in yourself and just really going for it." n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n35 s32 Elena Vesnina RUS 7-5, 6-3 Sun Aga driving a forehand     Agnieszka said: "[Elena] was really hitting the ball very hard, using the wind very well and serving very well. I had a lot of trouble with her today. Especially the first set today was a pretty difficult one." WTA story n5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d n28 s26 Lucie Safarova CZE 6-4, 6(7)-6, 6-2 Sat Maria about to swat a backhand, and Lucie launching one n6 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 6-0, 6-2 Sat Angelique driving a forehand n9 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n103 q Donna Vekic CRO 6-3, 6-4 Sat *n24 s23 Ekaterina Makarova RUS d n10 s9 Sara Errani ITA 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 Sat n11 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n23 s22 Alize Cornet FRA 7-6(6), 6-4 Sun Domi after match point n12 s11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n18 s17 Sloane Stephens USA 6-1, 6-0 Sun n13 s12 Ana Ivanovic SRB d n21 s20 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 6-3 Sat Ana driving a backhand *n20 s19 Kirsten Flipkens BEL d n15 s14 Sabine Lisicki GER walkover—flu Sat n16 s15 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP d n26 s24 Kaia Kanepi EST 6-2, 6-1 Sun *n108 q Coco Vandeweghe USA d n17 s16 Samantha Stosur AUS 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 Sat n31 s20 Venus Williams USA d n78 Casey Dellacqua AUS 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Sun Venus driving a forehand n43 Elina Svitolina UKR d n65 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Sun n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA d n68 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO 6-4, 6(4)-7, 7-6(2) Sun Varvara's forehand drive

Miami, 4th Rd, Mon 11am loser's prize: $51,730; points: 120 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n108 q Coco Vandeweghe USA 6-3, 6-1 Serena fielding a forehand     Serena said: "It was a much tougher match than the scoreline showed. Coco has such an amazing serve, so every time I was returning I was like, 'Hopefully I can touch the ball.' But it was really good for me to win this match today. I love playing here in Miami." WTA story     Serena had words for Coco after the match. Coco said: "She said, 'Listen, you played so well. We've got to play doubles somewhere. I'm serious. We'd do so well. We've got to play doubles...' I think I would have to get through Venus first to be able to play doubles with Serena, but whenever she wants to, I will play doubles with her!" n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n16 s15 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 6-0, 6-2 n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL d n43 Elina Svitolina UKR 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-2 Elina and Aga following backhands n5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d n20 s19 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Maria serving     Maria said: "I usually like playing first match on, but I didn't start off the way I wanted to. Nothing was working in the first set...     [Kirsten is] a different type of opponent. There aren't too many girls that hit a slice backhand 90% of the time in the rallies... I wasn't doing too much from my end and made a lot of mistakes from the first ball, which gives your opponent that confidence and the time they need to do whatever they want." WTA story n6 s5 Angelique Kerber GER d n24 s23 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 Angelique driving a backhand, and a closeup of the ball compressed against the strings n9 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE d n13 s12 Ana Ivanovic SRB 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 Petra driving a forehand n11 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n31 s20 Venus Williams USA 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 n12 s11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN d n51 Varvara Lepchenko USA 6-0, 6-1

Miami, QFs, Tue-Wed 11am loser's prize: $98,130; points: 215 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n6 s5 Angelique Kerber GER 6-2, 6-2 Tue Angelique driving a backhand, Serena fielding a forehand, and after match point     Serena said: "I felt much better today than in a few of my other matches here. Knowing I was going to play a top 10 player, I knew I had to come out and play really well tonight. And I did play well." WTA story n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n12 s11 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 7-5, 7-5 Wed Na driving a forehand, Caro about to slice a backhand, and Na after match point *n11 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK d n3 s3 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3 Wed Aga driving a backhand, Domi following one, and after match point     Dominika struck 50 winners with 55 unforced errors; Aga hit 28 winners, with 39 UEs. The win will put Dominika into the top 10 in the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career.     Domi said: "This win really means a lot to me. It's always tough to play Aga, but I knew I just had to stay aggressive. If you make some mistakes with Aga you still have to stay aggressive. That's the way I play, and it's the only way to beat her. I just had to keep going."     "I knew before the match that this was the match I needed to win to become top 10. So it was some more pressure, but I'm obviously very happy with the way I handled it today." WTA story n5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS d n9 s8 Petra Kvitova CZE 7-5, 6-1 Tue Maria and Petra driving forehands, and Maria after match point     Maria said: "I didn't have a good first few games, so I was happy I kept trying to do the right thing. Keep steady, but also keep trying to be aggressive. I think that really paid off as the match went on, because I made a few too many unforced errors in the beginning of the match.     "I started getting more chances as we played more games in the first set, and little by little I started getting myself back in the points more and playing my game, playing well, going inside the baseline. You're never sure until you finish the match, but I really felt like I started doing the right things.     "Petra is a Grand Slam champion. You can never underestimate someone that goes on the court and has that experience. She's capable of playing really great tennis, and I think everyone knows that." WTA story     Maria is 2-15 against her semifinal opponent, Serena Williams. Maria said: "It's no secret that [Serena has] been a big challenge of mine, an opponent that obviously I would love to beat. There are ways I need to step up in certain situations I haven't been able to do in the past against her, but it's great I have the opportunity to play her again...     "The last few times we've played, I've had some chances that I wasn't quite creating a couple years ago. It's about taking those, though... She plays well all the time."

Miami, SFs, Thu 1pm & 9pm loser's prize: $192,485; points: 390 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n5 s4 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-4, 6-3 Serena serving, Maria driving a backhand, and Serena after match point     Serena said: "I think [Maria] started out strong. I made some unforced errors, and I had a lot of chances to be up first game, and then had some chances to hold serve and chances to break again. So I think I definitely let myself down in the first three games, and then she just started playing better. But when I'm not playing well, or when I'm feeling lower energy, I know I can do better. That's always a plus. Especially during a match, sometimes I feel like, 'Okay, well, you can take it up a level.'" WTA story     Maria said: "Despite my results against her, I still look forward to playing against Serena, because you learn so much from that type of level that she produces." n2 s2 Na Li CHN d n11 s10 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 Domi looking to slice a backhand, Na driving one, and after winning the 1st set     Windy conditions affected play. Na struck 33 winners with 43 unforced errors; Dominika hit 23 winners with 35 UEs.     Na said: "I'm so happy I can be in the final here for the first time... The only things I could do were run as much as I could and fight for every point." WTA story

Miami, Final, Sat, 1pm loser's prize: $384,065; points: 650 winner's prize: $787,000; points: 1000 n1 s1 Serena Williams USA d n2 s2 Na Li CHN 7-5, 6-1 Serena serving, Na and Serena driving backhands, and Serena after match point

Miami, Doubles Final, Sun losers' prize: $125,850 winners' prize: $257,860 *Martina Hingis & Sabine Lisicki d s2 Elena Vesnina & Ekaterina Makarova 4-6, 6-4 (10-5) Miami, Qualifying Finals, Tue Mar 18 10am losers' prizes: q1 $1,395 2pts; q2 $2,730 20pts; qualifier 30 points *n126 Kiki Bertens NED d n75 Jana Cepelova SVK 6-4, 6-4 *n103 Donna Vekic CRO d n81 Johanna Larsson SWE 6-1, 6-1 n82 Shahar Peer ISR d n117 Luksika Kumkhum THA 6-2, 6-1 n83 Virginie Razzano FRA d n113 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 n84 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT d n121 Nastassja Burnett ITA 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 *n104 Nadiya Kichenok UKR d n85 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 *n94 Olga Govortsova BLR d n86 Julia Goerges GER 7-6(3), 6-2 *n101 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP d n90 Petra Cetkovska CZE 6-4, 6-4 n92 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN d n306 Francoise Abanda CAN 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 n96 Katarzyna Piter POL d n251 Irina Khromacheva RUS 2-6, 7-5, 4-3 ret *n108 Coco Vandeweghe USA d n97 Sharon Fichman CAN 6-4, 6-3 n118 Zarina Diyas KAZ d n428 Varvara Flink RUS 7-5, 6-1 Miami, Withdrawals n4 Victoria Azarenka BLR left foot bone bruise n7 s6 Simona Halep ROU right toe injury n25 Maria Kirilenko RUS left knee injury n33 Jamie Hampton USA right hip injury n54 Laura Robson GBR left wrist injury n61 Polona Hercog SLO right rib injury n87 Ayumi Morita JPN right wrist injury n634 wc Vera Zvonareva RUS

    (Apr 2, 2009) Second Fiddle: In the first four rounds of the Sony Ericsson Open, about two-thirds to three quarters of the matches played on the show courts each day were ATP (in the later rounds things even up, because there are not enough ATP matches to fill the show courts). As of Wednesday, of the 47 interview transcripts posted at the SEO website, 19 have been WTA (including Larry Scott), and 28 have been ATP. Considering that the principal sponsor of this tourney is the WTA's title sponsor, it makes a joke of the concept of equal treatment for the ladies.