March 27, 2013 10:39 AM

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Miami Open: Djokovic defeated by Haas in pre-quarterfinal<br/>

Serbia&apos;s World Number One Novak Djokovic has made a shock exit from the Miami Open Tennis tournament. In the biggest upset of the competition, Djokovic was stunned by Tommy Haas of Germany, in straight sets, 2-6, 4-6 in the Men&apos;s Singles pre-quarterfinal fixture. Fourth seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also crashed out, with a shocking, 5-7, 6-7 defeat to lower seed Marin Cilic of Croatia. However, second seeded Briton Andy Murray, Spaniard David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic have advanced into the Men&apos;s Singles quarterfinals.In the Women&apos;s Singles, World Number One Serena Williams of the United States and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland have waltzed into the semi-finals. In the quarterfinals, Serena defeated Na Li of China, 6-3, 7-6, while fourth seed Radwanska beat Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In the other two quarterfinals today, third seeded Russian Maria Sharapova will meet Italy&apos;s Sara Errani, while another Italian Roberta Vinci will take on Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.Meanwhile, India&apos;s campaign in the tournament has come to an end. In the Women&apos;s Doubles, the seventh seeded Indo-American duo of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands bowed out after losing to the top seeded Italian pair of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, 1-6, 4-6. Earlier, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, with their respective partners, in the Men&apos;s Doubles and Somdev Devvaman in the Men&apos;s Singles had crashed out of the competition, without much success.

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