Men’s semis highlight Day 10 in Miami
Miami, FL - The men’s semifinals will be staged Friday at the Sony Ericsson Open, where Croat Ivan Ljubicic will take to the court as the highest-remaining seed still standing at this lucrative Masters Series event.A seventh-seeded Ljubicic, last year’s Miami runner-up to the great Roger Federer, will take on unseeded giant-killer Guillermo Canas. The Argentine Canas is 1-0 lifetime against Ljubicic, with the victory coming seven years ago right here in Miami.Canas shocked Federer in the last two ATP events, as he stunned the amazing Swiss in
straight sets earlier this month at Indian Wells and duplicated the feat here on Tuesday when he sent the superstar packing once again, this time in three sets.Friday’s other semi will pit 10th-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic against 12th- seeded Brit Andy Murray in a battle of rapidly-rising 19-year-olds. Djokovic is 2-0 lifetime against Murray, including a semifinal victory at the Masters Series event at Indian Wells two weeks ago. The Serb also prevailed in a Masters Series bout in Madrid last season.Djokovic finished as the Indian Wells runner-up to Rafael Nadal this month, but the young Serb avenged that setback this week by ousting the Spaniard here in the quarters.Friday’s victors will meet in the final on Sunday, with the winner of this $3.45 million tournament collecting $533,350.© 2007 The Sports Network