By the time Andy Murray ties the knot next Saturday he will hopefully have forgotten the utter frustration at becoming Novak Djokovic's Easter bunny. The 27-year-old Scot has lost his last seven matches to the Serb, this one the Miami Open final 7-6 4-6 6-0 on a brutally punishing afternoon, suffering the undeserving ignominy of conceding another love set against his old rival. He pushed him hard and had enough early chances to have won it in straight sets. In fact Murray pushed Djokovic so hard that, at the end of the second set, the furious Serb wrenched his towel off a startled ballkid and screamed at his box on his way to the chair, gaining a warning as his mask of statesmanship slipped. Novak Djokovic raises his arms aloft after claiming victory over Andy Murray 7-6 4-6 6-0 in the Miami Open . Djokovic poses with the Butch Buchholz trophy on the beach at Key Biscayne after his Miami Open win . The Serb gives the thumbs up as he shows off the glass trophy on the beach in Miami . The Serbian world No 1 jumps for joy as he celebrates his success over Andy Murray in the final . Djokovic kisses his fifth Miami Open winner's trophy after an emphatic finish to the match on Sunday . A deflated Murray holds his runners-up trophy alongside Djokovic after the pair battle the heat of Florida . A fired-up Djokovic battled to a three-set victory over Murray for his fifth Miami Open winner's trophy . Djokovic snatches his towel from a ball boy at the end of the second set, claimed by Murray . The Serbian yells after Murray broke his serve to claim the second set and take the match to a decider . Murray has had a good enough week to walk down the aisle with Kim Sears having got back to world No 3, but it is now ten out of eleven defeats against the world No 1. How to seize the moment against this phenomenal competitor is a hugely pressing issue for him and everyone else. As for Djokovic, he will now be holding that distinction for the 141st week of his career on Monday, putting him on sixth equal in the all-time list with Rafael Nadal. In some ways this was a truncated version of their Australian Open final. A forlorn Murray reflected afterwards: 'Game wise, I feel like in the couple of the matches we played this year I've been able to hang with him, but just not quite for long enough unfortunately. Murray celebrates his first break of Djokovic's serve in the opening set at Crandon Park Tennis Center . World No 1 Djokovic powers a forehand back at the Scotsman during their clash in Key Biscayne, Florida . Murray plays a slice backhand during a tight first set that included four breaks of serve before the tie-break . Murray takes a moment in the shade as the Miami sun beams down on the finalists . Djokovic (left) and Murray launch into a forehand and backhand respectively as they battle it out in Miami . 'I need to try to work out why that is. I played well for two sets and was struggling physically in the third. I don't feel like I can do loads more than what I'm doing to get myself in the best condition possible, I do push myself very hard.' The first set was notable for Murray's early aggression that brought him a break in the third game and should have seen him open up a 3-1 lead. But it transpired that it was desperately difficult playing into the fierce lunchtime sun. Nobody actually held at the city end of the court until the eleventh game when the Serb managed it. Murray forced the tiebreak but, beginning on the more difficult side, could not recover from 0-4 down as he hit several forehands long. Djokovic dives desperately at the net as the first set goes the distance in the blazing heat . Murray shows his frustration as his two breaks in the first set are immediately countered by the Serbian . Both stars struggled serving into the sun with all four breaks in the first set coming from the same end . Djokovic had been starting to blow hard – rather like he did in Australia – and just like in Melbourne it all proved to be irrelevant as he took it 7-3. Gauging how the 27 year-old Serb is feeling is an extremely inexact science, and you could only speculate as a brutally punishing second set unfolded in more level fashion than the break-filled opener. Murray became more and more agitated as he failed to gain the breakthrough but held on until 5-4 when Djokovic dissolved into a ball of Balkan anger. Murray broke him to love and the Serb angrily snatched his towel off the ballboy, apologising later: ' I'm sorry, because I didn't pay attention to the ball boy and I just screamed at my box,' he said. The sun-soaked scene in Miami as a pair of US Coast Guard helicopters fly over the Stadium Court . Andy Murray's fiancee Kim Sears (left) and Novak's wife Jelena Djokovic take shade under big hats in Florida . Murray's coach Amelie Mauresmo cheers on the British No 1 in front of his soon-to-be wife Sears . Murray remonstrates with himself as he shows some emotion in front of his second home crowd . Murray jumps for joy as he claims the second set but he isn't able to keep the pep in his step in the third . Florida-based Australian golf legend Greg Norman takes in the Miami Open final with his wife Kirsten Kutner . Djokovic wipes away the sweat shows his frustration as he falters in the second set in Key Biscayne . There was also a volley of abuse, Murray style, towards Boris Becker and his support team up in the box, but it only seemed to galvanise Djokovic. Murray had to hold at the start of the decider to set him on his way to what would have been a massive victory in the context of his season, the first time he had won a Masters level event since his Wimbledon triumph of 2013. The first three games of the decider were long and hard before – helped by some wonky Murray overheads – Djokovic just cracked his opponent's body and spirit.
Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray 7-6 4-6 6-0 in Florida on Sunday.
Djokovic won the first set tie-break 7-3 after each player broke serve twice.
Murray claimed the second set 6-4, breaking Djokovic with the final game.
The Serbian raced away in the final set to claim his fifth Miami Open title.
Murray rises to world No 3 for making the final in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Serena Williams beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-0 in the women's final.