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items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner lifts the Indian Wells title.                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Former Italian tennis player Paolo Bertolucci has questioned why Jannik Sinner was under so much scrutiny ahead of his Indian Wells success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/everything-jannik-sinner-said-indian-wells-final-daniil-medvedev-message\">World No 2 Sinner lifted the Indian Wells title for the very first time on Sunday<\/a>, defeating Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in a battle between two former world No 1\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Victory for the Italian saw him win his sixth title at Masters 1000 level, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/jannik-sinners-stunning-hard-court-feat-only-matched-by-novak-djokovic-roger-federer\">and join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in an exclusive group of three men to win all current Masters events held on hard courts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/former-world-no-1-jannik-sinner-didnt-necessarily-impress-indian-wells-open-title\">Former world No 1 says \u2018Jannik Sinner didn\u2019t necessarily impress me\u2019 with Indian Wells Open title<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-aryna-sabalenka-iga-swiatek-miami-open-favourite-kafelnikov\">Elena Rybakina told she will have \u2018a hard time\u2019 at Miami Open as title favourite revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was the first title won by Sinner in 2026, with the world No 2 having been under some scrutiny heading into the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/australian-open\/novak-djokovic-lost-for-words-rolling-back-years-end-jannik-sinners-title-defence\">The 24-year-old was stunned in five sets by Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-final<\/a>, before a quarter-final loss to Jakub Mensik at the Qatar Open in February.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner now seems to have banished any concerns with his run to a significant title, and Bertolucci has questioned why the world No 2 faced criticism in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fanpage.it\/sport\/tennis\/paolo-bertolucci-sinner-non-e-tornato-non-lavevamo-mai-perso-ma-appena-perde-e-una-tragedia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fanpage.It<\/em><\/a> this week, the former world No 12 claimed he could not \u201cunderstand\u201d why there had been so much talk about Sinner\u2019s start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>He said (translated from Italian): \u201cIt\u2019s a consequence of work and so much more, and I had no doubt it would happen. It\u2019s not like you say: \u2018Ah, Sinner is back.\u2019 But why, we lost him?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand. He was number two in the world. Here, as usual, it\u2019s like this: as soon as you lose a match, it becomes a tragedy. We\u2019ll never learn that unbeaten runs don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederer, Nadal, and Djokovic have also lost in their careers, each of them about ten times a year. So I don\u2019t see why this shouldn\u2019t happen to Alcaraz rather than Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll ever get to the point, but hopefully, we\u2019ll try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner was in impressive form in Indian Wells, not dropping a single set on his way to the Masters 1000 title.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian faced some tough matches throughout his path, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/jannik-sinner-reveals-humble-kid-joao-fonseca-biggest-qualities-indian-wells-open\">particularly against Joao Fonseca in the fourth round<\/a>, and then again versus Medvedev in the championship match.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bertolucci believes Sinner\u2019s improvements throughout the tournament were obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw him improve day after day in quality and intensity,\u201d added Bertolucci.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really gave the impression of a player who was fully in control, who was aware of the work he had done and his condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never wavered; in fact, in the crucial moments, as usual, he came through. Because when the match gets intense, he\u2019s second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World No 2 Sinner is back in action at the Miami Open this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/what-is-the-sunshine-double-can-jannik-sinner-aryna-sabalenka-achieve-it\">with the Italian looking to become the first man since Federer in 2017 to complete the \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Miami Open runner-up in 2021 and 2023, Sinner lifted the title for the first time in 2024, though he was unable to defend his title in 2025 due to his three-month suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian is projected to meet world No 1 and top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the final, in what would be a first meeting of 2026 between the two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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