From Indians to Miami, the top four players in the Sunshine Doubles are different
With the end of the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters, the North American Sunshine Double Tournament is coming to an end. The tennis feast for a month is exciting and physically and mentally exhausting. Occasionally, in a trance, I can't remember who made it to the semifinals in the last event.
Then he woke up, and Britain's Draper, who won the Indian Wells Masters, came to Miami and went out in the first match of the second round. In other words, the 2025 North American Sunshine Double Championship is destined not to produce "Sunshine Double Champion" players.
Not only that, but the quarterfinals of the two events are also very different. Recall that among the players who reached the quarterfinals at Indianves, only Fils and Cerendolo also advanced to the quarterfinals at the Miami Masters. Sadly, both players failed to make it further in both tournaments, making it to the quarter-finals.
This illustrates at least two things:
1. A person's physical fitness and concentration are limited, and it is impossible to maintain a high level for a long time.
2. At present, the competition in tennis is fierce, and a strong core circle has not been formed. It's a far cry from the dominance of the Big Three era.
Alcaraz, Medvedev, Rune and Draper, who reached the semi-finals at Indianaves, all came to the Miami Masters without exception and went out early. Indianes' champions and runners-up, Draper and Rune were both knocked out of the second round for the first time. Medvedev and Alcaraz were also out of the tournament in the first game.
Is this an inevitable end? Indianes' semi-finalists were defeated in the opening game of the next Miami Masters.
I have to say that with such a result, compared with Agassi, Federer and Djokovic back then, they won the Sunshine Double Championship many times, and the gap during the period is relatively large.
ATP all-time winners of the Sunshine Double in North America:
1. Jim Correll: Became the first player to achieve the "Sunshine Double" in 1991.
2. Zhang Depei: In 1992, he completed the "Sunshine Double Crown".
3. Pete Sampras: Achieved the "Sunshine Double" in 1994.
4. Marcelo Ríos: Became the first non-American player to win the Sunshine Double in 1998.
5. Andre Agassi: Completed the "Sunshine Double" in 2001.
6. Roger Federer: Achieved the "Sunshine Double" in 2005, 2006 and 2017.
7. Novak Djokovic: In 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, he achieved the Sunshine Double four times, the most of any player to achieve this achievement.
Currently, the contenders who have advanced to the semifinals of the Miami Masters are Mensik, Fritz, Djokovic and Dimitrov.
Born in 2006, Mencik is a representative of a new generation of players who have been setting career best results for each step of his first ATP Masters semi-final.
Fritz and Dimitrov, both post-90s players, have only one ATP Masters champion. Perhaps Djokovic in the semi-finals is a great psychological pressure on them. Together, the two have only beaten Djokovic by one goal.
At 37 years and 10 months, Djokovic is the oldest player to reach the semi-finals of the Masters. With every step he takes, he is setting an all-time record in the ATP. 100th Tour Title, 41st and Masters Champion, and Oldest .......
Settle back and wait for the Miami semifinals tonight and tomorrow morning.
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