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Jannik Sinner bushed Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 successful a rain-hit Miami Open last connected Sunday (March 30, 2026) to go the archetypal antheral to implicit the coveted 'Sunshine Double' without dropping a set.
The Italian satellite fig 2 won 92% of his first-serve points and saved each 3 interruption points he faced en way to a triumph that extended his drawstring of Masters 1000 matches without dropping a acceptable to 17.
"We did a lot of enactment to beryllium successful this position, truthful I'm really, truly happy, and I'm besides blessed to go backmost location now," Sinner said aft the match.
"Making here the Sunshine Double present for the archetypal time, it's incredible. It's thing I would person ne'er thought, due to the fact that it's besides hard to achieve, and yeah, we made it somehow, truthful I'm precise happy."
Sinner, who played astir with a shot ball up of a lucifer that was delayed by astir 90 minutes owed to rain, broke aboriginal for a 3-1 pb and past leaned connected his service to adjacent out the opening acceptable with a clasp astatine love.
The rain returned during the opening crippled of the 2nd set, forcing players disconnected the tribunal for astir 90 minutes, during which Sinner again kept escaped with a shot shot that helium passed astir with members of his team.
World fig 22 Lehecka, playing successful his archetypal Masters 1000 final, fought disconnected 5 interruption points implicit a brace of work games successful the 2nd acceptable followed by a clasp astatine emotion to spell 4-3 up earlier Sinner took over.
Sinner made bully connected his sixth interruption constituent accidental of the 2nd acceptable to pull up 5-4 and past closed it retired connected his service erstwhile he sent a forehand volley to the unfastened tribunal connected his archetypal title point.
Sinner is the archetypal man since Roger Federer successful 2017 to triumph the Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back, a feat known arsenic the 'Sunshine Double' fixed the tournaments' respective locations successful California and Florida.
By doing so, Sinner joins a nine that, successful summation to Federer, besides includes Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi, Marcelo Rios, Pete Sampras, Michael Chang and Jim Courier.
