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<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: Jiri Lehecka was having the Miami Open of his life until he wasn't. Carlos Alcaraz bested Jannik Sinner in a lot of things, but not what the Italian did recently. At the 2026 Miami Open, Sinner completed the Sunshine Double after winning Indian Wells in the previous Masters 1000 in March. –>…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: Eventually, the Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka final at the Miami Open was going to be played, and tennis fans who wanted to watch the match or visit the event might have considered themselves a bit lucky. After all, the South Florida rain had held off for the most part after the…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: 2025 saw the rise of Amanda Anisimova. She had had inconsistent success for several years, but the 24-year-old appeared to finally find herself last year. Would her runs to the final at both Wimbledon and the US Open mean she was going to be a long-term threat on the WTA tour? –>…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: Tennis gets no more interesting than a battle that pits Aryna Sabalenka versus Coco Gauff. One is the most consistent player on the WTA tour, and the other is capable of elite athleticism that maybe no other player can match. This is why the 2026 Miami Open final was set up to…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: As strange as it might seem compared to two weeks ago, the men's final of the 2026 Miami Open between Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka feels like the perfect ending to a tournament that got off to a rough start weather-wise and has turned out to be beautiful. –> As strange as…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: Throughout his run at the 2026 Miami Open, Jiri Lehecka, who had a previous career-high ranking of 16, looked like a player who had spent most of the last few years in the top 10. He wasn't just skimming by good players; he was performing at a level that implied he could…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: The top of the WTA tour is seemingly beginning to separate itself a bit from the rest of the field, at least until the clay-court season begins in April. Aryna Sabalenka is clearly No. 1, but the second-best player could be Coco Gauff or Elena Rybakina, depending on the day. That makes…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: The first game of the quarterfinal match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Miami Open was a lie. Gauff was broken, but that would be the last game she would lose in the set. –> The first game of the quarterfinal match between Coco Gauff and…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: Jannik Sinner's cool and calm versus Frances Tiafoe's bombast always seemed like a mismatch heading into the quarterfinals of the 2026 Miami Open. Sure, the American got a victory off the Italian previously, but that was in 2021, which is centuries ago in terms of Sinner's ascension. For those who needed a…

<!–qv q:id=6m q:key=vcaa: No matter what happened in the 2026 Miami Open quarterfinal match between Martin Landaluce and Jiri Lehecka, both could leave the event thinking it had been a success. The Spaniard had jumped up 48 spots in the live ATP rankings even before playing the Czech. Lehecka had moved up, too, but not…