How hard is it to get the quarterfinals of back-to-back Sunshine doubles? In the past four years, only three people have achieved Lianzhuang!

After two consecutive days of fighting, the list of the top four men's singles in the Sunshine Double Tournament was produced. In the quarter-finals, the two players who had reached the quarterfinals back-to-back were eliminated.

Fez knocked out the tournament's top seed Zverev in a replay match, but was beaten in a battle against Mensik, who also reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters. And Silendro in the duel with last year's runner-up Dimitrov, although he still played his own high level, but the opponent was more spicy, even if he faced the hidden danger of physical exhaustion, but still held the victory firmly in the palm of his hand.

However, although the two lost, as they have never entered the top 10 in the current world rankings, they are already commendable. Counting the players who have reached the quarterfinals back-to-back in the Sunshine Double Tournament since 2020, there are not many of them:

2025 Fez, Cerundolo

2024 Zverev, Medvedev, Sinner, Alcaraz

2023 Medvedev, Fritz, Sinner, Alcaraz

2022 Kecmanovic, Alcaraz

2021 Tsitsipas, Hurkacz

Let's take a look at 2021, when the big three were still in order, but Fener was already selective, and Djokovic has always paid more attention to the Indian Wells Masters, so only Tsitsipas and Hurkacz could reach the quarterfinals in succession. Both of them won at least the runner-up of the Masters on hard courts, and later Hurkacz also successfully won the Miami Masters.

The following season, Alcaraz began to rise, losing to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters and beating Ruud for the Miami Masters. The surprising name is Kecmanovic, who has been in good form since the Australian Open, reaching back-to-back quarter-finals in the Sunshine Doubles. It was arguably the highlight of his career.

For the next three years, four players made it back-to-back in each of the two tournaments. Sinner, Alcaraz and May are always players who stay full-time. If it weren't for the ban, Sinner, who is now the only one in hard court kung fu, would have reached the semifinals this year.

The only names that have differed in the two years are also hard court masters, Zverev and Fritz. The latter, who had previously won the Indian Wells Masters, is now reaching the semi-finals of the Miami Masters again. Zverev's performance this year is hard to look at, in fact, the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters in the past are the worst of his nine Masters.

At present, Fez has been promoted to the first brother in France, and Cerendro is also very likely to regain the title of the first brother in South America. When they are not weak, they definitely have the ability to disrupt the game on the tour.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)