Andy Roddick defeated Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 43 minutes to win his second Sony Ericsson Open title and his 29th career title! This was his fifth title in a Masters 1000 tournament and his first since 2006. Roddick has a record of 26-4 this year, best on the ATP Tour.

“Obviously it's a big title for me,” he said afterwards. “I felt a little bit of pressure to win this one because I had a pretty good opportunity in Indian Wells and didn't come through there.

“But I think just the last month has been real good for me. I've played well on the big moments. Haven't had an off day mentally. I've been able to execute. I've been able to have a game plan and execute it regardless of what kind of shots it takes. So it's all good. It's all encouraging.”

Berdych who beat three Top 10 players (Roger Federer, Fernando Verdasco and Robin Soderling) on his way to final said: “He was playing pretty well as you can see on the court. He was really good today. He was really strong, serving well. I was really looking for maybe to get one chance or maybe one is enough. But he [held] pretty well. I didn't get any chance during whole match during both two sets. So that's well played for him.”


He was attempting to become the first player in 20 years outside the South African Airways ATP Rankings Top 20 to win the Sony Ericsson Open title.

“I'm happy for this maybe two weeks, ten days, whatever it is, that I played a couple of really good matches,” said the Czech. “I felt great here. Everything was good. So just give me a lot of confidence [for the] next weeks in the season. Just looking forward to it. Go for another tournament.”

Andy Roddick wins Miami title!