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Jannik SInner of Italy takes on Czech’s Jiri Lehecka at the 2026 Miami Open.<\/p>\n
Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner takes on Czech player Jiri Lehecka in the men\u2019s singles final of the 2026 Miami Open on March 29.<\/p>\n
While the highly anticipated match was supposed to start at 3 p.m. ET., due to rain, the men didn\u2019t start playing until around 4:30 p.m. ET. Sinner won the first set 6\u20134 before the rain hit Hard Rock Stadium once again 51 minutes later. Play was interrupted in the second set, with the current score at 15\u201330 on Lehecka\u2019s serve.<\/p>\n
Sinner extended his record for most sets won (33) in a row in the history of Masters 1000 events after the first set against Lehecka. When will the second set resume?<\/p>\n
What Time Will the Jannik Sinner vs. Jiri Lehecka Match Resume?![\"Jiri](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2268972592.jpg\")
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GettyJi\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka of Czechia returns a shot against Jannik Sinner of Italy during the Men\u2019s Final at Hard Rock Stadium on March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Miami Open\u2019s official X account posted<\/a> that match play is temporarily suspended. \u201cSinner vs. Leheck will not resume before 6:15 p.m. ET,\u201d the wrote. A fan in attendance shared<\/a> the restart time would be 6:45 p.m. ET, when the players returned to the court<\/a>. Play should resume in a few minutes.<\/p>\n Hard Rock Stadium does not have a retractable roof. Sinner predicted the weather might affect the title match after defeating Alexander Zverev 6-3,7-6 (4) in the semifinals.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all hope for a great match. Let\u2019s see also the weather forecast,\u201d Sinner told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s also not promising, but we hope for as dry as possible so that we have a chance to play.\u201d Photos emerged<\/a> on social media showing Sinner kicking around a soccer ball to stay warm during the delay.<\/p>\n The Sinner-Lehecka final wasn\u2019t the only match affected by the rainstorm. Play was suspended during the women\u2019s doubles final between Sara Errani-Jasmine Paolini and Katerina Siniakova-Taylor Townsend. The women\u2019s double final was moved from Stadium Court to Grandstand Court, where Siniakova-Taylor eventually won in straight sets.<\/p>\n Fans were not happy with how things were running at the tournament. One person complained<\/a> on X, \u2018The @MiamiOpen is so poorly run\u2014 and I\u2019ve only been here for 2 hours. Why did you dry the courts, kick the women\u2019s double final out of the main stadium to make way for Sinner, just for it to rain again 5 mins later? A terrible signal you\u2019re sending to women\u2019s tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner Is Looking to Win the \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 GettyJannik Sinner of Italy reacts against Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka of Czechia during the Men\u2019s Final at Hard Rock Stadium on March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n After earning his first Indian Wells crown two weeks ago, Sinner can win the \u201cSunshine Double\u201d should he defeat Lehecka on Sunday. As for Lehecka, he\u2019s competing to win his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 trophy. Lehecka, 24, reached the finals after beating Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n Sinner, however, appears on track to become the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to win the \u201cSunshine Double.\u201d In the opening set, the 24-year-old did not drop a point behind his first serve (16\/16), according to Infosys ATP Stats<\/a>.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most \u201cSunshine Doubles\u201d as he won both Indian Wells and Miami Open in the same year four times (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016).<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEmily Bicks<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Bills, Seahawks and Chiefs. She’s contributed to Heavy since 2019 and has interviewed some of the biggest stars in sports, including Jerry Rice, Shaquille O’Neal and Stefon Diggs. More about Emily Bicks<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Tennis\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Jannik SInner of Italy takes on Czech’s Jiri Lehecka at the 2026 Miami Open. Italian tennis star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-211061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jannik](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2268972621.jpg\")
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