Following his straight-sets defeat of Daniil Medvedev in the BNP Paribas Open final (as detailed in our match report), Jannik Sinner became the youngest player to complete the six-title ATP Masters 1000 hard-court set. The Italian dismissed Roland Garros talk, targeting the Miami Open next.
Jannik Sinner's 7-6(6), 7-6(4) victory over Daniil Medvedev on Sunday secured his first Indian Wells title, making him the third man after Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer to claim all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles—and the youngest at 24 since the series began in 1990. Federer achieved it at 33 in 2014, Djokovic at 31 in 2018. This marked Sinner's 12th Big Title (Grand Slams, Nitto ATP Finals, Masters 1000s, Olympic gold), trailing Carlos Alcaraz by three and tying Medvedev with six Masters 1000s each (sixth among active players behind Djokovic's 40, Alcaraz's eight, Zverev's seven). Sinner also notched his 100th Masters 1000 win, the first by a 2000s-born player. Ranked No. 2 (2,150 points behind Alcaraz), he missed Miami, Monte-Carlo, and Madrid last year due to a doping issue. In the post-match press conference, Sinner brushed off Roland Garros questions: “No. First of all, Roland Garros is very long way. There are big, big tournaments. I’m very focused already for Miami.” Miami is the last hard-court event before clay; Sinner won it in 2024 and has reached the final three times. Reflecting on last year's Roland Garros final loss to Alcaraz (five sets, 5+ hours, after leading by two sets with match points), he said, “I tried to delete everything, every set. In Grand Slams you try to start from zero again.”
