US EditionJannik Sinner Sweeps Jiri Lehecka in Wet Miami Open Final for Rare Sunshine Double
Jannik Sinner achieved the Sunshine Double by winning Indian Wells and Miami Open without losing a set, hitting 70 aces in Miami, the second-most of his career.
- On Sunday, Jannik Sinner defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to win the Miami Open, becoming the first man to complete the "Sunshine Double" without dropping a set since Roger Federer in 2017.
- Sinner overcame two 90-minute rain delays to secure the title, marking the first time since 2016 that both men's and women's singles champions swept the Indian Wells-Miami double with Aryna Sabalenka.
- The Italian fired 10 aces in the final and 70 throughout the tournament, holding serve despite trailing 0-40 in the opening frame against Lehecka.
- This victory marks Sinner's third consecutive Masters 1000 title, continuing a run that began in Paris last year after he missed the previous season serving a three-month doping suspension.
- Although the 24-year-old Lehecka fell short in his first Masters 1000 final, he will climb to a career-high 14th in the world rankings on Monday.
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Jannik Sinner Beats Lehecka to Seal Miami Open Crown
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Italian Jannik Sinner won the Masters 1,000 of Miami and became the first male tennis player to achieve the 'Sunshine Double' since Roger Federer in 2017.
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Sinner follows Sabalenka's lead with a 'Sunshine Double,' beating Lehecka in Miami Open final
Jannik Sinner rolled to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jiri Lehecka to capture the Miami Open title and complete the “Sunshine Double’’ a day after Aryna Sabalenka accomplished the same feat in a win over Coco Gauff.
At ease and ravines, under the still conditioning of the rain for a tournament of the entity of the Masters 1000 of Miami, the champion seals the victory against the Czech Jiri Lehecka (double 6-4, at 1h 33m) and reaffirms: this tour is entirely his. Jannik Sinner takes off the cap and then it looks like another, twisting those red curls and drawing an unimaginable smile on the track; in there, he simply competes. That presence scares. Too many …
Tennis-Sinner beats Lehecka in rain-hit Miami final to capture ‘Sunshine Double’
March 29 (Reuters) – Jannik Sinner beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-4 in a rain-hit Miami Open final on Sunday to become the first man to complete the coveted ‘Sunshine Double’ without dropping a set. The Italian world number two won 92% of his first-serve points and saved all three break points he faced en route to a victory that extended his string of Masters 1000 matches without dropping a set to 17. “We did a lot of work to be in this positio…
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