Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner (2nd) won in straight sets against Czech Jiri Lehecka (22nd) in the final of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami, which took place today. This was the second tournament of this category held in the season.
According to the Argentine News Agency, the Italian won 6-4 and 6-4 to claim the tournament held in the state of Florida, United States, for the second time in his career, having been champion of the same in 2024.
With the victory, Sinner secured his second title of the season and his second consecutive one, as he had been champion of the Indian Wells Masters for the first time two weeks ago.
Statistics of the Miami ATP Masters 1000 final.
Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner concluded an unbeatable month of March by winning the two tournaments held in the month: Indian Wells and Miami.
On this occasion, his rival in the final was the Czech Jiri Lehecka, who was playing his first Masters final of his career and was seeking to lift his third title, having been champion of the ATP 250 in Adelaide, in 2024, and Brisbane last year, both held in January in Australia.
The Czech reached the final with a notable victory over American Taylor Fritz, sixth seed, in the quarterfinals, in addition to defeating Frenchman Arthur Fils in the semifinal, while Sinner beat Frances Tiafoe in the quarters and overcame German Alexander Zverev (3rd), in the semifinal.
The final was evenly contested, although Lehecka could not prevent the former world number one from finishing the entire tournament without losing a set.
Needing only two breaks, in the third game of the first set and the ninth of the second, Jannik Sinner served for the match and secured his 26th ATP title with a volley, getting closer to 1,190 points to Carlos Alcaraz in the live ranking, the Spaniard having been eliminated in the second round of the event.
