UNITED STATES. Florida, Miami Gardens: Russia’s Daniil Medvedev wins his first Miami Open at the men’s singles finals of the Miami Open Tennis Tournament by defeating Italian, Jannik Sinner in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) in an exciting match that went for 90 minutes at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States of America. With this win, Medvedev has now won the ATP Masters 1000 five times.
Medvedev has now won five out of six hard-court ATP Masters 1000s, namely Miami 2023, Toronto 2021, Paris 2020, Shanghai 2019 and Cincinnati 2019, and has to his credit winning 24 of his last 25 matches. He also became one of the players to reach the final in all six Masters 1000 and Grand Slam tournaments on hard courts.
Medvedev now faces a series of tournaments to be played on clay courts that always remain challenging for him. In short, exciting times are waiting for his fans.
“It’s the best start of the season I have ever had. Amazing amount of points won,” said Medvedev.
“We tried to go out on the court, trying to give it a try,’’ Sinner said. He further added, “Unfortunately today wasn’t my day but I don’t want to take nothing away from Daniil. He was serving incredible. He was very brave with the way he played. He’s one of the best players in the world”.
About Miami Open Tennis
The Miami Open is a tennis competition hosted at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is also referred to as the Miami Masters and is presently branded as the Miami Open presented by Itaú due to sponsorship considerations. It is a part of both the WTA 1000 and the men’s ATP Tour Masters 1000 circuits. The Miami Open typically takes place in March or April.
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