Miami Results

Sorry for the brief absence, but I am back and ready to catch you up on what you missed. Many of the top seeds were in action in Key Biscane on Friday as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick and Gilles Simon all easily advanced, giving up no more than 5 games in any of their matches. Frenchmans Gael Monfils and Jo Wilfried Tsonga also advanced, but Monfils was pushed to 3 sets while Tsonga rolled in with no bumps in the road. Of the 16 matches played, just 2 seeded players lost as Nicolas Almagro and Robin Soderling were both upset by Americans Taylor Dent an Robert Kendrick, respectively. James Blake, Tommy Robredo and Marat Safin all won their second rounders as well. The women's top seeds also advanced fairly easily as Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova all advanced. Dementieva and Kuznetsova were taken to 3 sets,but prevailed. Marion Bartoli and Sybille Bammer were 2 of the 3 casualties among the seeded players.

Miami

Men's Singles- 2nd Round

Roger Federer (2) def. Kevin Kim, 6-3, 6-2

Novak Djokovic (3) def. Frank Dancevic, 6-3, 6-2

Andy Roddick (5) def. Diego Junqueira, 6-1, 6-1

Gilles Simon (7) def. Lleyton Hewitt, 6-1, 6-2

Gael Monfils (9) def. Michael Russell, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10) def. Agustin Calleri, 6-1, 6-1

James Blake (13) def. Julien Benneteau, 6-4, 6-4

Tommy Robredo (15) def. Jan Hernych, 6-4, 6-4

Taylor Dent def. Nicolas Almagro (19), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)

Tomas Berdych (21) def. Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

Marat Safin (22) def. Oscar Hernandez, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1

Robert Kendrick def. Robin Soderling (23), 6-4, 6-2

Dmitry Tursunov (25) def. Mikhail Kukushkin, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3

Nicolas Kiefer (28) def. Fabrice Santoro, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

Rainer Schuettler (29) def. Jarkko Nieminen, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Paul-Henri Mathieu (31) def. Marcos Baghdatis, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Women's Singles- 2nd Round

Dinara Safina (2) def. Mathilde Johansson, 6-1, 6-3

Elena Dementieva (4) def. Anastasia Pivovarova, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

Ana Ivanovic (7) def. Mariya Koryttseva, 6-0, 6-3

Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) def. Tamira Paszek, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1

Victoria Azarenka (11) def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-2, 6-2

Anastasiya Yakimova def. Marion Bartoli (12), 6-4, 6-3

Caroline Wozniacki (13) def. Jelena Dokic, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Flavia Pennetta (15) def. Maria Kirilenko, 6-4, 7-5

Patty Schnyder (18) def. Lucie Safarova, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Amelie Mauresmo (20) def. Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2

Anna Chakvetadze (22) def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-3, 6-1

Alisa Kleybanova (24) def. Galina Voskoboeva, 6-2, 6-4

Agnes Szavay (25) def. Francesca Schiavone, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Samantha Stosur def. Sybille Bammer (27), 6-1, 6-1

Nicole Vaidisova def. Alona Bondarenko (28), 6-1, 6-0

Carla Suarez Navarro (31) def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)