Jannik Sinner wins the Miami Open and completes the Sunshine Double
Jannik Sinner wins the Miami Open, capturing his seventh Masters 1000 title and 26th career title. In the final, he once again overcame ATP ranking number 22 Jiri Lehecka, beaten for the fifth time out of five confrontations with a score of 6-4 6-4, in an hour and 33 minutes of play, to which was added a long rain interruption of almost an hour and a half at the beginning of the second set.
A triumph that allows him to complete the Sunshine Double, following his success in Indian Wells: he is the first to do so since Roger Federer in 2017 and, above all, the first ever to do so without losing a single set. His winning streak in Masters 1000 tournaments is thus extended to thirty-four consecutive sets, which began already in Paris indoors.
The final was also affected by bad weather, which delayed its start. This was the fifth Masters 1000 final between players born in the 2000s, and for Sinner it came his first success since defeats against Carlos Alcaraz last year in Rome and Cincinnati. The only less brilliant figure for the 2001 class from Sesto Pusteria remained just that, considering that he arrived at the appointment with 102 wins and just two losses against opponents outside the top 20.
On the other side of the net was Jiri Lehecka, a talent of the Czech school, in his first final in a Masters 1000 and capable of climbing to the best ranking of world number 14. Once again, however, against his friend-rival he failed to turn the tide, succumbing as sharply as in previous confrontations.
For Sinner, the positive series in the “1000” now speaks of 17 consecutive victories, with an impressive 34 sets to zero, including the title won in Paris last November. Thus comes the seventh trophy in this category and the twenty-sixth overall.
This success also allows him to significantly shorten the distance from number one Carlos Alcaraz: the gap, which before Indian Wells was 3150 points, has narrowed to 1190, with the Spaniard at 13590 and the Italian at 12400. Now, on clay, the goal is to return to the top.
