{"id":211178,"date":"2026-03-30T01:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:39:08","slug":"jannik-sinner-beats-jiri-lehecka-in-weather-delayed-tennis-final-to-claim-elusive-sunshine-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211178\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner beats Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka in weather-delayed tennis final to claim elusive \u201cSunshine Double\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/\" 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target=\"_blank\">tennis<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/jannik-sinner\" 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target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> extended his ATP Masters 1000-level winning streak to 34 consecutive-sets on Sunday (29 March), seeing off a spirited challenge from World No. 22 Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka in the men\u2019s singles final at the 2026 Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old World No. 2 dispatched his Czech opponent in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, becoming the\u00a0first male player since double Olympic medallist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/roger-federer\" 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target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a> in 2017 to achieve the rare \u201cSunshine Double\u201d \u2013 winning at Indian Wells and the Miami Open in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>While the title felt a bit out of place \u2013 with rain delaying the start by 90 minutes, before causing a further 80-minute in the second set \u2013 the four-time Grand Slam champion remained unruffled by uncooperative weather conditions, showcasing his ability to keep his mind strictly on the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Winning] the Sunshine Double for the first time, it\u2019s incredible,\u201d said Sinner, addressing the crowd during an on-court interview after the match. \u201cIt\u2019s something I never would\u2019ve thought [to win] because it\u2019s difficult to achieve. We made it somehow, so I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His record now sits at 19-2 this season, bringing him ever closer to World No. 1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/carlos-alcaraz\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;a0e96b3f-d188-4ca7-b74c-268740c43a90&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30T00:55:00.272Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Miami Open 2026: Jannik Sinner beats Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka in weather-delayed tennis final to claim elusive \u201cSunshine Double\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;jannik-sinner\\&quot;,\\&quot;2026-tennis-miami-open\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;north-america-editorial\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Miami Open 2026: Jannik Sinner beats Ji\u0159\u00ed Lehe\u010dka in weather-delayed tennis final to claim elusive \u201cSunshine Double\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;tennis-jannik-sinnner-beats-jiri-lehecka-2026-miami-open-sunshine-double&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner extended his ATP Masters 1000-level winning streak to 34 consecutive-sets on Sunday (29&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-211178","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\/211178","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=211178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}