Jannik Sinner extended his dominance over Alexander Zverev with a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory in the Miami Open semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes and pushed the world No. 2’s sets-won streak in ATP Masters 1000 events to 32 as he moves one match away from completing the Sunshine Double.

The result continued two significant runs for Sinner. He has now won his last 16 matches at ATP Masters 1000 events and has beaten Zverev seven consecutive times. He has not dropped a set in his 1000-level winning streak, a run that carries him into Sunday’s final with Jiri Leheck standing in his path.

A title in Miami would make Sinner the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to win Indian Wells and Miami back-to-back. Sinner also prevailed against Zverev in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open earlier in the swing, though he emphasised that the two events felt different.

“two completely different tournaments.”

Reflecting on his week in Miami during his on-court interview, Sinner outlined his priorities and his satisfaction at reaching another final. “Coming here and trying to produce some good tennis was my main goal, and standing here again in the final means very much to me,” he said. “We’ll try to push now in a couple of days, but in any case, it has been an incredible swing … couldn’t be better, and I’m very happy.”

With the Sunshine Double within reach, Sinner arrives at the final carrying both confidence and an unbeaten run at 1000-level events. His Miami win underlined the consistency behind that streak and set up a final in which history is a realistic target.

Jiri Lehecka produced one of the cleanest performances of his career Friday at Hard Rock Stadium, beating Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-2 to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final. The 24-year-old No. 21 seed did not lose a service game the entire week, becoming the first player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 title match without being broken since Novak Djokovic at the 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

For the second consecutive year, a Czech man will play for the Miami Open title. Lehecka controlled the match from the first service game after Fils, who had reached his maiden 1000-level semifinal without dropping serve and who saved four match points in his quarterfinal with Tommy Paul, chose to serve first.

Lehecka’s returning stood out. He produced a 9.6 return quality rating while building a two-break lead in the opening set. He converted his pressure into tangible momentum early and carried that into the second set, breaking for 2-1 with a backhand return up the line that Fils could not counter. The frustrated Frenchman tossed his racquet and vented at his team after that exchange.

Lehecka consolidated a key hold from 15-30 to make it more difficult for Fils to mount a comeback. Up 4-2, Lehecka broke again in a 16-point game to seize full control of the match and then closed the contest on his next opportunity. He won 59 of the 100 rallies that lasted fewer than nine shots, an indicator of how effectively he dictated baseline exchanges.

When asked on court, he reacted, “Final feels!!!” The victory sends Lehecka into the biggest final of his career and keeps intact the rare accomplishment of reaching a Masters 1000 title match without surrendering serve.

The Miami Open final pairs Coco Gauff against Aryna Sabalenka in a match defined by physicality and pressure. Their head-to-head is 6-6, and this will be their first meeting in Miami, where Gauff is contesting her first final at what is essentially her hometown tournament.

Both players accept the grind this rivalry produces. “We’ve played so many matches, and it’s physical when I play her every time,” Gauff says. “It’s going to be tough.” “With Coco, you know that you have to play an extra ball, and the ball always comes back,” Sabalenka says. “Sometimes not perfect, but it’s always back on your side, and you have to be aggressive, you have to go for shots.”

“She pushes you into the long rallies, and I think that’s what makes her difficult.” Gauff has previously exploited that pattern to test Sabalenka mentally. In two Grand Slam finals — the US Open in 2023 and Roland Garros in 2025 — Sabalenka lost control of her emotions and her shots against Gauff, turning apparent victories into defeats.

Gauff’s run in Miami was far from straightforward. She needed three sets in each of her first four matches and had to overcome an uneven serve and an erratic forehand. Her quarterfinal win over Belinda Bencic felt decisive, and she followed with a clinical 6-1, 6-1 semifinal against Karolina Muchova. “Today I didn’t feel like an imposter,” Gauff said, in what qualifies as high self-praise coming from her. “I feel like I played some good tennis today.”

Sabalenka arrives in formidable form. She is 22-1 on the year, has won 22 of the 23 sets she played across Indian Wells and Miami, and she beat No. 2 Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-3 in the semis as she bids for her first Sunshine Double. “I think I played really incredible tennis,” Sabalenka said after that match. “Nothing I could do better today.”

Their most recent meeting was Sabalenka’s indoor hard-court win in Riyadh last November. Saturday’s final offers a straightforward contrast: one player seeking to impose power early, the other looking to prolong rallies and test patience. Which approach prevails will decide the title.