The Italian Jannik Sinner won the first Miami Masters 1000 of his career this Sunday by beating the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-1 in the final, which also allowed him to reach second position in the world ranking at the expense of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, leaving only behind Novak Djokovic.
The 22-year-old athlete gave a performance, did not give his rival any opportunities, who played a dream tournament and managed to leave the aforementioned Alcaraz on the road, and increased his balance to 22-1 in his extraordinary 2024, in which he added the Miami trophy to the Australian Open and Rotterdam. In total, he has won 24 of his last 25 matches and 41 of 44 since the last US Open.
The Murcian is precisely the only player who has managed to beat Sinner this season. He did it two weeks ago in the Indian Wells semifinals, on the way to the title won in the final against Medvedev.
The Italian, who had lost the 2021 finals against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz and the 2023 finals against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, won his second Masters 1,000 title in Miami after Toronto 2023. He did so after a tournament in which he only lost one set in six games and in which he showed an unbeatable state of form and confidence.
The Miami final barely lasted 73 minutes and was a Sinner monologue from start to finish. Dimitrov had the first break opportunity when he was 2-1 up in the first set, but Jannik nullified it and converted his break point in the following game with a great parallel drive to give the first blow to the match.
The Italian served with power and quality and took 100% of the points when he connected with his first serve, which allowed him to consolidate that break and get another in the ninth game to take the first set 6-3 in 42 minutes.
Dimitrov, who reached this final after eliminating Alcaraz and the German Alexander Zverev with outstanding performances, was surpassed by Sinner’s complete game and was unable to win what would be his second Masters 1,000 title after Cincinnati 2017.
The Bulgarian, who will be number nine in the world this Monday and will return to the top 10 for the first time since 2018, relied on his serve in an attempt to stay in the match, but after maintaining his first first turn, he gave it up in the second. Sinner took a 3-1 lead and headed towards victory.
“I knew how to suffer throughout the tournament. I have been feeling better as the games have gone by. My level today was very, very good. I’m proud of how I handled the situation. I try to improve and stay in the moment, enjoy it. It is a special moment, you never know if it will be the last. Now a new chapter arrives with brick dust, so we’ll see how it goes,” he said in statements published by Punto de Break.
In the middle of the celebrations, a special moment with a compatriot: among the audience was the Italian singer Laura Pausini, who came to greet him, congratulate him and pose for photos.
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