However, the 68-year-old leader continues to maintain lead in some of the key battle ground states, other polls said.
Locked in a neck-and-neck battle, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have made a last minute dash to key swing states to woo undecided voters as major polls on the final weekend before the election day showed the race for the White House was too close to call.
Azarenka punished her Russian opponent's weak serve to wrap up the final in 80 minutes in relentless humidity under a searing sun in the early afternoon encounter on the Key Biscayne hardcourt.
IMAGES from the matches played at the Miami Open on Thursday
Tyson Gay sent a warning to his rivals that he still has plenty left in the tank after running the fastest 100 metres this year.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton registers her first 'win' by four votes to two against Trump.
The Scottish broadcaster said Murray was self-isolating and still had hopes of competing in the Australian Open next month.
Barty said the key to the match was extending rallies on the warm day in Southern Florida.
A win for Trump, 69, as latest polls indicate, could very well bring the billionaire real estate magnate very closer to the magical figure of 1,237 delegates needed the win the party's presidential nomination for the November 8 election.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame an error-ridden performance to beat China's Peng Shuai 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open on a clear and cool day in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Republican Ted Cruz posted two crucial wins over front-runner Donald Trump who also triumphed in two states in Sunday's multi-state vote while in the Democratic camp Bernie Sanders clawed his way back into the presidential contest with two victories over Hillary Clinton.
The World No 1 beat Japan's Kei Nishikori for his 63rd career title
As far as I'm concerned, we already have won it, Trump said.
Captain Virat Kohli described fast bowler Navdeep Saini as a raw talent who has a bright future after he made an impressive India debut in the four-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first T20 International, in Lauderhill, USA, on Saturday.
Photos from the matches played at the Miami Open on Tuesday
The teachers, in the US as part of a cultural exchange programme initiated by the Florida Atlantic University, had not been working since February 9, when their visas expired. They were not paid by their employers and were faced with deportation.
The Indo-Serbian pair lost to eighth seeds Shinobu Asagoe and Katarina Srebotnik at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
Dubbed as the "Super Bowl of American Democracy", Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio -- a key battleground state.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
The Indian ace was beaten by Anna Tatashvili of Georgia in the first round of the Nasdaq 100 Open.
IMAGES from the Miami Masters played in Key Biscayne, Florida on Tuesday
AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford are facing questions about their Covid-19 vaccine and whether regulators would quickly authorise its emergency use after the pharma company acknowledged an error in the vaccine dosage received by some participants and other irregularities and omissions, according to the New York Times.
The US presidential election slated to be held in November appears to have tightened as a series of latest national polls projected that Republican Donald Trump has gained some ground in the last week against Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party.
Pliskova, a finalist at last year's US Open who reached the semi-finals at Indian Wells last week, relied on her booming groundstrokes and strong returning to dispatch her American opponent in 59 minutes.
'There are voters that may only come out to vote for him because he's speaking to their issues and they may not be Democrat or Republican'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
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Indo-Czech pair beat Jonas Bjorkman and Tood Woodbridge in the in the Nasdaq-100 Open.
Tournament officials\n\nwere concerned about American tennis star Jennifer Capriati's\n\nmusic selection as she walked on the court before her match at\n\nthe WTA Masters Series event on Monday.
Under pressure to implement Lodha Committee Reforms as per Supreme Court Directives, the BCCI is relying that the revised National Sports Bill is tabled by the Budget Session of the Parliament in 2017 which will save them from undergoing structural changes. A very senior BCCI official said that some key changes are being made in the original Bill.
India's stand at the FATF plenary and other related discussions have always been consistent regarding Pakistan.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are potential targets for Inter-Miami, co-owner David Beckham said on Wednesday, underscoring his team's global ambition as they prepare to make their long-awaited Major League Soccer debut this weekend.
But for the 23-year-old Bouchard, a former world number five who has slumped to 56th in the rankings, it was another blow after her first-round exit in Indian Wells.
IMAGES from the matches played at Miami Miasters in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Wednesday
Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
The 2009 champion who will next face Roger Federer, saved two match points in the fourth set of what was arguably the best of the tournament so far.
"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion," Trump told a group of evangelical leaders, adding, "she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no -- there's nothing out there."
San Diego will host the inaugural World Beach Games in 2017 after the general council of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) voted on Friday to back the bid of the city in Southern California.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
