WELCOME! Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the final of the Miami Open. Old rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet for the 37th time.

Well that's just sensational. Federer plays an incredible backhand down the line after a poor slice. Nadal cannot believe it.

He serves out and he's won it! What a performance.

Federer gets some more luck of the net but he does very well to react and charge to volley a lob over Nadal's head to get break point.

He jumps and swivels to get a return down and Nadal has now answer. Federer will serve for the title.

Federer has to battle this time in order to hold but hold he does. No sign of either player blinking.

Some more sensational stuff for Federer as he puts the pressure on Nadal and he nearly gets away with it.

At break point Nadal drops Federer and then superbly volleys down the line to save.

Nadal saves again and this time he comes back to win the game. A huge performance there from the Spaniard.

Federer aces and then Nadal returns wildly as it goes to 30-0 before an official review makes it 40-0. Nadal battles hard but it's 3-3.

Nadal is really starting to find his groove with his serves and he holds comfortably again. This time to love.

Well this set is certainly going a lot quicker than the last one. Another hold from Federer.

Nadal looks to have served out but an epic rally sees Federer claw it back to 40-30 but Nadal keeps his nerve and makes it 2-1.

Not too much to worry about for Federer as he also serves out.

A good start from Nadal as he takes the opening game in the second set. You know he won't give up without a fight.

That's a relatively comfortable hold given how hard he had to work for the break and it is Federer who takes the first set.

Some more sensational tennis from both as they trade punches.

Federer gets to break point but Nadal saves yet again before the Swiss gets another break point off another close call. Yet again he saves thanks to his serve that Federer can't keep under wraps.

Once again Federer gets the break point with a fine return and finally he gets his break!

He'll serve for the game

Federer gets to 30-0 but Nadal reels him in with a couple of lovely forehands.

Federer comes to the net again but he can't control a fierce Nadal forehand but the Swiss saves break point thanks to a fortunate bounce off the net.

Federer volleys successful and Nadal's lob is inches out. Another hold. .

Fine work from Nadal, and a couple of loose shots from Federer, sees the Spaniard take the lead in the game.

Then Federer produces one of those moments of magic as he sends a return down the line to beat Nadal and get to break point. Nadal immediately saves it with a powerful serve.

Federer tries a drop but Nadal is having none of it and he gets back to ad. He wins the game with another terrific serve.

It means that we're level at 3-3 after the first six games.

Some more wonderful work at the net from Federer but Nadal brings it to deuce with an outrageous return around the net.

Federer saves a break point and he takes the fifth game.

Some nerves for Nadal fans as Federer gets to 0-30 in his second service game. He gets it back to 30-30 but Federer gets to break point. The Swiss goes into the net and it goes into the deuce.

Nadal saves another break point with a huge ace and he holds.

Both layers seem a little bit irritated with a couple of calls.

More volleying from Federer as well as a glorious backhand. He sends down another ace as he holds.

Federer goes into the net on a couple of occasions and totally misreads one serve from Nadal as the Spaniard levels things up.

Nadal goes into the net on the first point but gets it back to 15-15 when Federer hammers it out.

A terrific cross-court backhand from Rafa makes it 15-30 but Federer sends down an ace. Federer saves the first break point of the match to take it to deuce.

Nadal gets ad but Federer bring it back as he comes to the net and aces to get advantage and Nadal goes into the net as Federer takes the first game.