MIAMI (USA) (ITALPRESS) – A thunderstorm named Jannik Sinner fell on Miami. Nine years after Roger Federer, the 24-year-old South Tyrolean center the “Sunshine Double”: the blue does not let the occasion to write another story and, two weeks after the success of Indian Wells, he won the “Miami Open” for the second time in his career. Champion in 2024 and forced to skip the last edition for the clostebol case, Sinner manages from outclass the long wait determined by the rain – about three hours overall – and gives another great performance in the final on the cement of the Hard Rock Stadium, also sending to the carpet Jiri Lehecka. The Czech, number 22 of the world and great revelation of the tournament, proves how it can oppose but at the end capitulate it under the blows of the Red Fox: 6-4 6-4 after 93 minutes of play. The final begins with great delay and Lehecka, arrived here without ever losing the service, gets torn the line already in the second round. In the fourth game it could remake (0-40) but Sinner slips five consecutive points and holds it remotely, leading the set to port after venting another break. With the Czech at the opening of second part (15-30) rains again on Miami, it starts again after 88 minutes and at the resumption the 24-year-old native of Mlada Boleslav is more aggressive, even at the cost of running some extra risk. The blue champion has several chances to break the balance and eventually manages to do it at the ninth game, a break that paves him the way to the title. “The finals are always difficult, I tried to stay solid, the field was very heavy – says Jannik – It was an incredible swing, I never thought of doing the “Sunshine Double”, it is very difficult to get, but I worked so hard to find myself in this situation and I am happy to go home with two trophies.” Sinner – with a lot of dedication to Kimi Antonelli and Marco Bezzecchi, the other winning faces of the Italian Sunday – also became the first player to hit the paired Indian Wells-Miami without losing even a set and with today’s match rise to 34 consecutive partials won in the Masters 1000, a strip started after the third round of Shanghai against Griekspoor on October 5, to the third. And again: considering the triumph in Paris, Sinner becomes the third tennis player ever to impose himself in three consecutive Masters 1000, as only Djokovic and Nadal. The 24-year-old South Tyrolean – who had beaten three times over three Lehecka and never allowed set – also climbs 26 titles in the major circuit in front of 35 finals played, not counting the claim to the Next Gen Atp Finals 2019.– photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS).
