2009 MIAMI MASTERS

FINAL

       ANDY MURRAY    v    NOVAK DJOKOVIC     

6-2, 7-5   

A much fitter Murray ran the heat-sapped Serb into the ground in a 6-2, 7-5 victory Sunday in the men’s final at the Sony Ericsson Open.
"Yet again, I was the biggest enemy to myself," said Djokovic, 21, who has retired in three of the four majors, including the Australian Open this year from a variety of breathing or heat-related ailments. "I was struggling again and adjusting to the heat. ... I can’t fight it."
Murray, the first Brit to win this 25-year event, improved to a tour-best 26-2.
Murray sports a high tennis I.Q., lulling his opponents into complacency with his change-of-pace ground strokes and defensive guile. He wields his racket like a protractor, finding acute angles on pinpoint passing shots that repeatedly left a desperate Djokovic swinging at air as he converted 17-of-33 net rushes to go with 43 errors.
"A lot of people might not necessarily think my game looks the most aggressive or offensive, but very few times will I sort of not have the points played how I like them to be played," said Murray, 21, who won his tour-leading third title this year. "I don’t often get guys sort of hitting through me."
"The switch of defensive to offensive tennis in the points ... (he’s) one of the best in the world," Djokovic said. "That makes him a much better player than he used to be."

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