In the 24-year history of Miami tournament, Nikolay Davydenko has become the first Russian reaching the semifinals. And it was only the beginning. Davydenko won the second Series trophy in career by defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal in straight sets to win the men's singles final of the Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 6, 2008 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Although by far not the favorite of the final battel (same as in the previous standoff against Andy Roddick, by the way), the Russian prevailed both on serve and return, crashing the charismatic Nadal 6-4 6-2 in Miami.It was for the first time that Davydenko defeated Nadal in the final. The victory appears even more worthy given the resolve of the world number two to win the first tournament since Stuttgart of past July. But the hard surface isn’t the favorite for the Spaniard. Nadal said he didn’t play well and, really, he was making more errors than usual.Equal to Nadal in playing from the baseline, Davydenko was aggressive from the very beginning and obviously dominated in the second set to confirm his position amid the tennis elite. Dvydenko said he became more confident in Miami, as he beat very good players there, and would be playing different, much faster tennis in future.In the women’s section of the Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Serena Williams of the U.S. won her final match against Serbian Jelena Jankovic Saturday and got the Sony Ericsson Open trophy for the fifth time.
A file photo of Rafael NadalA file photo of Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Davydenko, from Russia beat Rafael Nadal in the  Sony Ericsson Open, which takes place in Florida.

Davyenko commented on his performance after the match. He said that his "tennis was so good today. I think it's the best tennis of the hard-court season." He continued, "Here Nadal was favourite, and also in semi-final Roddick was the favorite. Just to beat two guys in two sets is like amazing for me." 

Nadal also commented on his performance. "I think he Davydenko played at a good level. He played a good match, but I didn't play well today." He continued, "So when you don't play at 100% at this level against top players, it's tough to win, especially on a hard surface. So I congratulate him more because he played better than me."