Miami Gardens, Florida – The start of the Miami Open men’s final, Novak Djokovic and 19-year-old Jakub Mensuk at the Hard Rock Stadium, delayed 5 1/2 hours from the start time at 3 p.m.
Due to the rain, the players didn’t get on the court until 8:37 pm and the organizers decided to complete the women’s doubles final.
The rainfall in South Florida began at 12:50 p.m., which eventually brought Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider to a 3-0 lead in the first set.
After the rain stopped, the women’s players returned to the court at 5:30 pm, and the court was prepared by dry machinery. But the rain only started a few minutes later, before the warm-up and umbrella players left the court again.
An hour later, the women resumed the court at 6:50 pm, and Andreeva and Schnaider walked a distance and won 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-2 in the third set.
About three-quarters of fans are still in the stadium. The player was told that the doubles championship ceremony would be abbreviated.
The 37-year-old Djokovic finished fourth.
Djokovic also tried to win his 100th professional title, which would be third for Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).
Mensuk of the Czech Republic is participating in his first ATP 1000 final. Djokovic was less than 2 years old when he won his first Miami Open Championship in 2007. Djokovic also won the Miami championship in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 – all of which played in the old venues in Key Biscayne.
The age gap between 18 and 102 days will be the largest in the ATP Class 1000 finals history.
