Tennis-Sinner beats Lehecka in rain-hit Miami final to capture ‘Sunshine Double’

Jannik Sinner beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 in a rain-hit Miami Open final on Sunday (March 30, 2026) 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 position, so I’m really, really happy, and I’m also happy to ‌go back home now,” Sinner said after the match.

“Making ‌here ⁠the Sunshine Double here for the first time, it’s ⁠incredible. It’s something I would have never thought, because it’s also difficult to achieve, and yeah, we made it somehow, so I’m very happy.”

Sinner, who ​played around with a soccer ‌ball ahead of a match that was delayed by about 90 minutes due to rain, broke early for a 3-1 lead and then leaned on his serve to close ‌out the opening set with a hold at love.

The ​rain returned during the opening game of the second set, forcing players off the court for about ⁠90 minutes, during which Sinner again kept loose with a soccer ball that he passed around with members of his team.

World number ‌22 Lehecka, playing in his first Masters 1000 final, fought off five break points over a pair of service games in the second set followed by a hold at love to go 4-3 up before Sinner took over.

Sinner made good on his sixth break point opportunity of the second set to ‌pull ahead 5-4 and then closed it out on his serve when ​he sent a forehand volley to the open court on his first championship point.

Sinner is the first ⁠man since Roger Federer in 2017 to win the Indian Wells ⁠and Miami titles back-to-back, a feat known as the ‘Sunshine Double’ given the tournaments’ respective locations in California and Florida.

By ‌doing so, Sinner joins a club that, in addition to Federer, also includes Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi, Marcelo Rios, ​Pete Sampras, Michael Chang and Jim Courier.