Miami Masters (2R) - Mar 23 - Apr 5 Season I
Sony Ericsson Open
2nd Round - Miami
Top Half
Bottom Half
Seeds
Despite the hype within CWLand circles, the second round clash between
Heath Davis and
Brett Read proved to be a fizzer as the 26th seed was blown off the court by the in form Davis. Ever since his victory in the Davis Cup tie against Belarus, Davis has been in sparkling touch and remains one of the enigmas in the Miami Masters main draw. In just over ninety minutes, Davis had banged down fourteen aces against the hapless Read to complete a
6-3 6-4 victory. But Davis will need all his form and then some to advance to a prospective fourth round clash with
Almen Benaglio - looming next is fourth seed
Rick Henson of the USA. In section 7, seventh seed
Sven Oxenstierna overcame a tough opening set to run away with a straight sets win over Argentina's
Paolo Mandonna. With the first set tied at 5-5, Oxenstierna won the next eight games on the trot to decimate the Argentine who lost complete confidence in his ability - The Ox advancing
7-5 6-0. The ever consistent Oxenstierna now faces his first test against German 27th seed
Becker Haas.
Elsewhere, fifteenth seed
Jefferson Drake managed to put recent bad form behind him with a comprehensive victory over Macedonia'
Branko Arsov. The Delray Beach champion has looked out of sorts in recent times, but was switched on from the word go in his first match in Miami - wiping the court with his 23-year old opponent. Drake fell at Indian Wells to eventual finalist
Almen Benaglio, and will face a tough task in his third round clash against American seventeenth seed
Morgan Carter. Drake could face countryman
Jamee Hancianu in the fourth round, but Hancianu will have to show the same form he did in beating
Néstor Moreno if he's to get past third number three
Radivoj Daneu. The 31st seed looked to capitalise on the good form cultivated at Indian Wells, and the Ecuadorian 22-year old struggled to impose himself on the match as an impressive Hancianu advanced
6-2 6-1.
Meanwhile, both remaining CWLand unseeded players following the first round met their end in second round action.
Jojo Mustard put up a valient display against China's
Li Wang, but ultimately fell short of the twentieth seed. Li advanced
7-6(2) 3-6 6-4.
Roy Daniels failed to replicate his upset of
Zhijun Sun against
Radek Špidla, as the Czech second seed eased through to a third round clash with
Zoltan Varga 6-2 6-2.
Seeds Out: 14-Tiago Matias (POR); 19-Danijel Micic (SRB); 22-Henry Charles (GBR); 23-Dwayne Murdoch (USA); 24-Carlo Amato (ITA); 26-Brett Read (CWL).
Tipping Davis to upstage Henson.
