Djokovic puts perfect record on line

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Tennis fans who bought Sunday tickets for the Sony Ericsson Open got a dream final — No. 1 Rafael Nadal, looking for his first title in Miami, against No. 2 Novak Djokovic, the jocular Serb who is on a 25-match win streak.

Both players have dominated here over the past 10 days, holding 87 of 88 service games and dropping just one set in 10 combined matches. The last time the top two players met in a final in Key Biscayne was 1995, when No. 2 Andre Agassi defeated No. 1 Pete Sampras in a third-set tiebreaker.

Although Nadal is the top player in the world, and he made Roger Federer look ordinary in a much-hyped semifinal Friday night, Djokovic is the slight favorite. He is unbeaten this year and has won all three tournaments he entered — the Australian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells two weeks ago, when he beat Nadal in three sets in the final. Djokovic also won the Sony title in 2007.

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