Andy Murray Wins His First Miami Title

Andy Murray has won the Sony Ericsson Open, defeating Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5 in the final. The result gives the Scottish player his first Miami title and adds a new name to the recent succession of champions at Crandon Park.

The score records two different margins within the same match. Murray took the opening set clearly, then completed the title with a closer second set rather than allowing the final to move into a decider. Against a former champion in Djokovic, that conclusion makes the victory more specific than a general account of progress up the rankings.

For the Key Biscayne audience, the final supplied the closing chapter to a tournament built from many smaller contests. The attraction of the last match is that it resolves the field into one result, but its meaning comes from the run required to reach it. Murray now leaves Miami with the trophy and a new achievement attached to this stop on the tour.