Andy Roddick’s path to winning a Masters 1000 has been a long.  He recently reached the finals of Indian Wells, but lost to Ivan Ljubicic.  Roddick won Cincinnati in 2006.  All his Masters 1000 titles have been in North America.  He beat Tomas Berdych without dropping serve, winning 7-5, 6-4, breaking Berdych once in each set, though he was threatening to break a second time in the second set.  He used his slice backhand to good effect.  Roddick did more of a Andy Murray approach to the match, mixing paces and playing steady and letting Berdych make errors.

Andy Roddick currently has 3960 point and adds 820 points (he had 180 points last year, and gained 1000 this year, so 820 is the net change).  This is 4780 points.

Robin Soderling only had 10 points from Miami last year, and gained 360 points for making the semis.  That means a a net add of 35o points.  He has 4245 points, so now he’ll be at 4595 points and so Soderling will be 8.

Davydenko didn’t play, but he didn’t play last year either, so he should stay the same.  del Potro will lose about 360 points but still have a lead over Davydenko.

Next Masters 1000 is Monte Carlo.  Next week, it’s Houston (on clay) and Casablanca in Morocco.  The following week is Monte Carlo.  The Masters 1000 alternate every other week with lesser clay court tournaments until the French Open.  Monte Carlo, Rome, and Madrid are the clay events at the Masters 1000 leading to the French.