Jannik Sinner Cruises Past Grigor Dimitrov To Secure His Third Title Of The Season

The Italian Jannik Sinner continues his impressive season as he picks up his third title at the Miami Open, after winning the Australian Open and Rotterdam title earlier this year. The third seed completed the run to victory in just an hour and 13 minutes against the 32 year old Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Sinner extends his lead to 3-1 against Dimitrov in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

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It was a rather straightforward match for Sinner as he broke Dimitrov at the fifth game in the first set and in the third game in the second. Dimitrov stood no chance against the highly confident young gun who was looking to finally lift the trophy in Miami on his third appearance in the finals. Sinner had previously lost the finals to Hubert Hurkazc in 2021 and to Daniil Medvedev in 2023. 

Jannik Sinner, by securing the title in Miami, will move up to a career high ranking of number 2, overtaking Carlos Alcaraz. He will be the first Italian man to be within top 2 since 1973 when the rankings were first published. Sinner is currently the front runner in the Race to Turin and boasts a W-L record of 22-1, losing just 1 match this year to Alcaraz at Indian Wells. This is also just his second Masters 1000 level title. 

Grigor Dimitrov had worked his way back into the top-10, and will be back in it for the first time since 2018. He is finally back in winning form as he lifted the title in Brisbane and made another final at a Masters 1000 event. At the Miami Open, he beat several top seeded players like Carlos Alcaraz(1), Alexander Zverev(4), and Hubert Hurkacz(8) to earn a spot in the finals. With his resurgence, he will rise up to world no. 9 as the ranking refreshes for the new week. 

The tour is moving into the Clay Court season in the coming weeks, and it seems like Sinner may continue to dominate on the red clay just as he did on the hard courts.