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[caption id="attachment_40697" align="alignnone" width="580"] Roger Federer after his win over Rafael Nadal in the Miami Open final. Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: Roger Federer continued his dominance over Rafael Nadal in recent times as the Swiss legend defeated the Spaniard in straight sets to win the Miami Open title. The victory marks Federer’s third Sunshine Double (2005, 2006, 2017), which requires winning Indian Wells and the Miami Open in the same year. He joins Novak Djokovic as the only players to accomplish the feat three times. With wins at the Australian Open and Indian Wells, Federer now has three titles and a 19-1 record in 2017. The Swiss tennis legend rises to 3-0 against his rival on the season with wins over Nadal in the Australian Open finals and the third round of Indian Wells. Nadal leads the all-time series 23-14. Federer described the win as, “For me, the dream continues. It’s been a fabulous couple of weeks in Miami. The atmosphere here in Key Biscayne is very special. I’ve been coming to Miami for a long long time, and you guys always make it super nice and super special.” As with every Federer-Nadal clash, this one was a classic. Federer opened the first set with a 2-1 lead, but in a critical fourth game, Nadal came back from 30-0 to make it 2-2. The rivals traded games before Federer took three straight wins in a 6-3 finish. In the set, the two were a combined 1-of-10 on break points won. In 11 of Federer’s 13 previous wins against the Spaniard, the Swiss native won the first set. In the second set, Nadal claimed two of the first three games. After more back-and-forth play, Nadal took a pivotal seventh game to go up 4-3. Federer answered with three straight victories again to take the set and the match.    “It was a close match. I thought he had his chances in the first and second. On the big points, I thought I was just a little bit better. There was a lot riding on the match and it was great to play against Rafa again.” Both Nadal and Federer lead the ATP World Tour with 19 wins on the season.