Mere hours after the newly turned 30 Andy Roddick announced he would be retiring, 31-year-old Roger Federer defeated 32-year-old Bjorn Phau 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night at the US Open.
It was the end of an era at Crandon Park for the Miami Open last year. From the Lipton, to the Nasdaq 100, to the Sony Ericsson, to the Sony, to the Miami Open presented by Itau, Key Biscayne saw it all.