Both Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner completed the Sunshine Double at the Miami Open this weekend. Following their victory in Indian Wells, Sabalenka and Sinner lifted the 1000-point trophy in Miami.
This is the fourth time in history that the Sunshine Double has been secured on both the ATP and WTA Tours in the same year. Previously it happened in 1994 (Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf), 2005 (Roger Federer, Kim Clijsters), and 2016 (Novak Djokovic, Victoria Azarenka).
Sabalenka did not drop a single set in South Beach until Saturday’s final against Coco Gauff, who was defeated by the world number 1 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. It was a similar story in Indian Wells, where Sabalenka raced to the championship match without losing any sets before edging past Elena Rybakina in a third-set tiebreaker.
For the Sinner, the light of the sun was nothing but absolute dominion. In fact, the second-ranked Italian has won 34 sets in a row at the Masters 1000 level dating back to the start of the Paris Masters last October.
Sinner completed his march through the hard-court Masters 1000s with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jiri Lehecka on Sunday.
“It means a lot to me,” confirmed the 24-year-old. “(Winning) the Sunshine Double for the first time, it’s amazing. It’s something I would never have imagined (winning) because it’s hard to achieve. We’ve made it somehow, so I’m very happy.”
