“It has been an incredible journey for me and I am extremely satisfied with the work done to get here”, he said, who had not yet lifted his arms before flying to the United States. “We had very good training sessions before Indian Wells and to see this kind of result makes me happy, as well as the level we are trying to achieve and the player we are aiming to become.”
Here are the numbers that highlight Sinner’s impressive performance.
8
By winning Indian Wells and Miami consecutively, the Italian became only the eighth player to achieve the Sunshine Double in the history of tennis. It’s been nine years since Roger Federer’s titles (2005, 2006, 2017) that the tennis world awaited such a performance. Apart from the Swiss, the others to accomplish this feat are Jim Courier (1991), Michael Chang (1992), Pete Sampras (1994), Marcelo Rios (1998), Andre Agassi (2001), and Novak Djokovic (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016). Truly elite company. Truly elite tennis.
guillement The service will need to be used differently on clay courts.
0
Not a set dropped. Throughout the two tournaments, Sinner was never pushed to the point of losing a set. Even stronger: the native of San Candido is undefeated in Masters 1000 events since last November and the Paris event, a streak of 17 consecutive matches without defeat. Only Djokovic and Nadal have managed to win three consecutive Masters 1000 titles — the two members of the Big 3 have even achieved it four times. But Sinner is the first to achieve the Sunshine Double without dropping a single set. A historic achievement.
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70
In the six matches played in Miami, Jannik Sinner slammed 70 aces, a personal record in a best-of-three sets tournament. In the final, Lehecka received ten aces and could only endure on the opponent’s first serve, with Sinner winning 92% of the points in that area (33 out of 36). The Italian himself was aware of the level displayed. “What aspect of my game am I most proud of? I would say the serve. I feel like I served very well, especially this week. And when you start to feel a bit tired physically, winning free points through the serve helps a lot. I feel like I served better here than in Indian Wells.” With a caveat: “On clay courts, the serve will need to be used differently. You can’t just serve flat. We’ll see how it goes.”
1,190
It’s now the ATP points gap that separates Sinner from world number one Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard, eliminated in the third round in Miami, is entering a high-risk period: winner in 2025 at Monte Carlo, Rome, and Roland-Garros (facing Sinner in the last two cases), he has a large number of points to defend on clay courts. Sinner, on the other hand, had a suspension for inadvertent doping last year and has nothing to defend until Rome (May 6-17). Monte Carlo (April 4-12) and Madrid (April 20-May 3) loom as ideal grounds for a hunter who is currently hitting his target.
