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Enjoy the Sony Ericsson Open tournament

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After the 2011 BNP Paribas Open,that took place 2 weeks ago in Indian Wells, another ATP1000 tournament is happening at the moment, The Sony Ericsson Open.From March 21-April 3 at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Miami, we can enjoy the game of the top tennis players in the world. A little history about this tournament, it began in the 1960s,before the days of the Open tennis, when the top tennis players at the time such as Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman,Pancho Gonzales,Pancho Segura and Butch Buchholz were traveling with a portable canvas court. After retiring from tennis with chronic tennis elbow, Buchholz approached the ATP and WTA, and wanted to make the Miami tournament the first major tournament of the year.He succeeded,and the first tournament was held in February 1985. The event lasts 12 days.
Back in this years events. Last night,at the Rafael Nadal-Kei Nishikori match, the NBA players Sony Ericsson 2011 tennis tournament “flipped the coin”.The two players performed an amazing game,but Nadal defeated Nishikori with a result of 6-4,6-4.
Interesting matches are also played today,so check out the schedule.

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