miami26sinner_lehecka

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  1. Voo de Mar says:
    May 14, 2026 at 4:45 pm
    Points won by each set: | 38-32, 34-28 |
    Unreturned serves:
    43 % Sinner – 24 of 55
    28 % Lehecka – 22 of 77

    ☆ Many players in the past managed to get the Indian Wells and Miami trophies within a month, but no-one before Sinner did it in such an impressive style not dropping a set! The 25-year-old Italian [2] was the closest to lose a set in California facing Fonseca as he trailed 3:6 in the first set tie-break; in Miami he was the closest to lose a set also in the fourth round, that time against Michelsen, trailing *2:5 in the 2nd set (Sinner was five times one game from losing a set in that match, but never closer than three points away). I wouldn’t be surprised if Lehecka [22] didn’t reach another final at this level. He was very lucky with his draw, facing an unknown player in the second round (Kouame) and a qualifier in the quarterfinal (Landaluce). In the semifinal the Czech took advantage of Fils’ exhaustion after his all tie-break three-set thriller against Paul. What’s certainly worth mentioning, is the fact Lehecka didn’t drop his serve in five matches – Sinner broke him already at 1-all. In the next game Lehecka created a triple break point, but Sinner fought it off with three unreturned serves. The 2nd set was played under the floodlights after a rain-delay, but the score was the same, yet Lehecka stayed longer competitive, he even led 4:3* (30/0). In the last game Sinner fired four aces, but only two were officially counted because at two other occasions the umpire called ‘let’ – in a repetition of those two points, Sinner notched two volley winners.

    Sinner’s route to his 26th title:
    2 Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3
    3 Corentin Moutet 6-1, 6-4
    4 Alex Michelsen 7-5, 7-6(4)
    Q Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 6-2
    S Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4)
    W Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4

    Serve & volley: Sinner 3/3, Lehecka 5/10
  2. Voo de Mar says:
    May 14, 2026 at 6:09 pm
    ☆ Players to win the Sunshine combo in the same year:

    1991 – Courier
    1992 – Chang
    1994 – Sampras
    1998 – Ríos
    2001 – Agassi
    2005-06 & 2017 – Federer
    2011, 2014-16 – Đoković
    2026 – Sinner

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