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Agence France-Presse

World No 2 Jannik Sinner powered past Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP Miami Masters 1000 for a second time on Sunday, adding the title to his Indian Wells crown.
Sinner had to wait out rain delays before and during the match to complete his “Sunshine Double,” becoming the first man to sweep the elite hard-court tournaments in California and Florida since Roger Federer in 2017 and the first to do so without dropping a set.
In fact, Sinner – who won Miami in 2024 but missed last year as he served a three-month doping ban – has now won three straight Masters 1000 events, starting with a victory in Paris last year.
“It means a lot to me, [completing] the Sunshine Double for the first time, it’s incredible,” Sinner said on court.
“It’s something I never would’ve thought [I’d win] because it’s difficult to achieve. We made it somehow, so I’m very happy.”
Sinner’s victory, coupled with Aryna Sabalenka’s triumph over Coco Gauff on Saturday, marks the first time the Indian Wells-Miami sweep was achieved on both the men’s and women’s sides since Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both did it in 2016.

It also saw the Italian gain a bit on Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the race for world No 1 as the clay-court season beckons.
Early showers saw the match delayed for more than an hour. Sinner had just pocketed the first set when the showers hit again, halting the match for 90 minutes.
It wasn’t enough to unsettle Sinner, who fired 10 aces and won 33 of 36 points when he put his first serve in play.
His return game was also spot on as he handed 22nd-ranked Czech Lehecka his first service break of the tournament for a 2-1 lead in the opening frame.
Sinner trailed 0-40 in the following game but fired three service winners and a pair of aces to hold and made the advantage stand up.
The Italian gave himself a first set point in the ninth game with a blistering cross-court forehand service return winner.
Lehecka saved that one with a service winner and saved another set point with a volley, going on to seal the hold on his sixth game point before Sinner pocketed the set with a love game.
Lehecka fought off five set points before Sinner pounced for the lone break of the second set and a 5-4 lead.
Sinner did not face a break point in the second set and gave himself a match point with a forehand volley winner, he thought he had it on a serve that was called a let, and polished it off with another winner at the net.
Lehecka, playing in his first Masters 1000 final, will reach a career-high No 14 in the world rankings on Monday.
“I came here with not good form and I was able to come back to the tennis that I want to play,” Lehecka said at the trophy ceremony.


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The Italian also won at Indian Wells, becoming the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to sweep the hard-court events in California and Florida


The Italian also won at Indian Wells, becoming the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to sweep the hard-court events in California and Florida.


Jannik Sinner powers past Jiri Lehecka to claim ‘Sunshine Double’ with Miami Open win

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The Italian also won at Indian Wells, becoming the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to sweep the hard-court events in California and Florida

The Italian also won at Indian Wells, becoming the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to sweep the hard-court events in California and Florida