World number 2 Novak Djokovick defeated world no. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal to win Sony Open title for 4th time in his career. Novak djokovick dominated the final and looked in his best form. Sony Open is a Masters 1000 tournament with the total prize money of $ 4,720,380. This year this tournament saw the presence of players like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovick, Roger Federer, defending champion Andy Murray, Stansilas Wawrinka, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Jo Wilfred Tsonga and many others.
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| Nadal and Djokovick with their Sony Open 2014 Trophies |
Both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovick got bye over their opponents in the semi-finals. So, the stage was set for the 40th meet between these tennis giants. In the earlier 39 meets Nadal has won 22 matches while his opponent Djokovick has won 17 matches. Rafael Nadal was eying for the first Miami Open (Sony Open) in the 10th attempt while Djokovick was looking for his 4th Sony Open title and second straight Masters 1000 title.
Novak Djokovick who was coming into this tournament after winning the Indian Wells Open 2014 was favorite to win this title. Rafael Nadal who played exceptional tennis during the whole tournament looked completely lost in the final. Nadal lost the first set by 6-3 in just 40 minutes. Trailing the first set by 3-6, Nadal started the second set in same fashion and lost it too by 6-3.
"Novak was better than me" - Nadal
This was 3rd straight win for the Serbian over the Spaniard in last four encounters. Winning the Sony Open title Novak Djokovick became only second player in tennis history to win Indian Wells Open and Sony Open back to back twice after the Roger Federer. This was 18th victory for the Serbian over the Spanish no. 1 in 40 encounters.
" This tournament has been perfect for me " - Djokovick
Novak is ranked 2nd in all time Sony Open winners list with 4 titles and he is behind of the great US tennis player Andre Agassi who has 6 Sony Open title in his name. Novak Djokovick pocketed $ 787,000 along with the 1000 ATP points while Nadal despite losing the final pocketed the amount of $384,065 along with 600 ATP points.
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