Jannik Sinner, of Italy, hits a return to Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, through the males’s singles remaining on the Miami Open tennis event, on March 31, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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Italy’s Jannik Sinner gained the ATP Miami Open Masters 1000 title on Sunday with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov within the remaining at Hard Rock Stadium.
Sinner’s third title of the season means he’ll transfer to a career-high second within the ATP world rankings on Monday forward of Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
Sinner completed the onerous court docket season in electrical type, having gained 25 of his final 26 matches — the one defeat coming to Alcaraz within the semi-final of Indian Wells.
The Italian took care of enterprise in 72 minutes and by no means seemed in peril after he broke within the fifth sport of the primary set, going through only one break level in the complete match.
“As this tournament went on, I felt better and better. Today’s performance was really good. I’m just proud of how I handled the situation,” Sinner stated.
Sinner clinched the primary set with his second break, a superb backhand down the road that introduced spectators to their ft.
Dimitrov, with his trademark one-handed backhand strokes and willingness to go to the online, was having fun with loads of help from the house crowd however Sinner’s ice-cool method and pristine approach was an excessive amount of for him.
The Italian broke within the second set to go 3-1 up and with his serve robust and returns rock stable, it was a procession to victory from that time on.
Sinner added the Miami title to his crowns this 12 months on the Australian Open and the Rotterdam Indoors.
His title got here in his third look in a Miami remaining — he misplaced to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in 2021 and Daniil Medvedev final 12 months.
Sinner’s earlier Masters 1000 title got here in Toronto in 2023.
Medvedev will return to the highest 10 in Monday’s rankings for the primary time since October 2018. His run to the Miami remaining included a quarter-final win over Alcaraz and a semi-final victory over world quantity 5 Alexander Zverev.
