Sunday: Nikolay Davydenko dominates the men's final against Rafael Nadal from the outset with some fine serving Nadal is soon made to scurry around in defence as Davydenko takes charge from the baseline Nadal is broken twice in the first set and knows the game is up when he goes a double-break down in the second Davydenko celebrates a 6-4 6-2 victory over the world number two and becomes the first Russian to win in Miami While Davydenko enjoys his victory, Nadal comes to terms with another defeat in the Miami final, following his epic five-set loss to Roger Federer in 2005 It is the second Masters Series title of Davydenko's career, following Paris in 2006, and arguably the most important Saturday: Defending champion Serena Williams lines up alongside Jelena Jankovic ahead of the women's singles final Jankovic is in her usual good spirits despite taking a hammering early on and losing nine of the first 10 games But the mood turns sour when Williams fails to serve out the match and finds herself drawn into a deciding set Jankovic feels the heat in the closing stages and calls for the trainer as she complains of feeling light-headed Williams twice fails to serve out the match from 5-0 in the final set and her relief is clear when she finally seals the title Williams celebrates the 6-1 5-7 6-3 victory which sees her join Steffi Graf as a five-time winner of the tournament Friday: Rafael Nadal is frustrated as six set points go begging in the first set of his semi-final against Tomas Berdych But Berdych cannot capitalise on the gifts from Nadal and drops the first set in a tie-break Nadal dominates the second set to win 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 in 73 minutes and reach the final Nikolay Davydenko brings Roger Federer's conqueror Andy Roddick crashing back to earth with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 win in the second semi Davydenko ended his own personal jinx against Roddick by claiming his first win in five meetings between the pair Thursday: Roger Federer goes into his quarter-final against Andy Roddick with an incredible 15-1 record in career meetings But Federer has been struggling for form in 2008 and his title drought continues as he suffers an unexpected defeat Federer congratulates Roddick after the American comes through 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 to set up a semi-final against Nikolay Davydenko Roddick's fiancee Brooklyn Decker gets the chance to see her man end his jinx against the world number one Roddick takes the applause of his home crowd after one of the best wins of his career
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