Medvedev Wins Maiden Miami Title, Fourth Trophy Of 2023

Playing in his fifth ATP Tour final is a many tournaments, Daniil Medvedev continued his blistering form to claim his first title at the Miami Open presented by Itau. With a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Jannik Sinner, Medvedev improved to 24-1 in his past five events, including four titles.

After falling to Carlos Alcaraz two weeks ago in the Indian Wells final, the fourth seed was rock-solid against Sinner as he frustrated the Italian with his calculated baseline game. Medvedev is now 6-0 in his ATP Head2Head against Sinner, also having beaten the Italian in the Rotterdam final in February.

Sinner made a bright start and scored the first break by ending a marathon game with a difficult drop volley, but Medvedev snapped back by showing his range from the baseline and baiting the Italian into errors. While Sinner had success attacking early, Medvedev showed his range to keep his opponent behind the baseline, ultimately wearing the 10th seed down with his consistency and well-timed aggression.

Medvedev took control of the match with a four-game burst from 5-5 in the opening set, taking full advantage of some sloppy groundstrokes from Sinner. Though he appeared to be fading physically after his epic win against Alcaraz in the semis, Sinner summoned the energy to break back for 1-2, only to see Medvedev re-establish his advantage at 3-1.

The fourth seed did not face a break point in the match after Sinner created five in the fifth game of set one, and Medvedev served his way to victory with little resistance as he wrapped up his 19th career title after one hour, 34 minutes.

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