With Polish flags waving throughout Exhausting Rock Stadium on Saturday, Hubert Hurkacz and Iga Swiatek every received titles on the Miami Open presented by Itau. Hurkacz teamed with John Isner to assert the lads’s doubles crown, whereas Swiatek prolonged her WTA Tour successful streak to 17 by beating Naomi Osaka within the ladies’s singles closing.
Swiatek, who will debut as World No. 1 on Monday, opened the day’s play by securing her third straight title on the WTA 1000 degree, dominating Osaka by a rating of 6-4, 6-0. By successful the Miami trophy with out dropping a set, the 20-year-old from Warsaw prolonged her set win streak to twenty, relationship again to Indian Wells.
Hurkacz, final yr’s Miami males’s singles champion, fell to Carlos Alcaraz in Friday’s semi-finals however won’t go away South Florida empty-handed because of his efficiency on Saturday. He and Isner took a 7-6(5), 6-4 choice to knock off the red-hot tandem of Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski, who have been looking for a fourth ATP Tour title of the season.
Wild Cards Hurkacz/Isner Cool Koolhof/Skupski For Miami Title
The Wroclaw native beforehand referred to as Swiatek a “big inspiration” following her Roland Garros win in autumn 2020.
“What she did on the French Open was unbelievable and an enormous inspiration,” he mentioned after reaching the Delray closing final January. “It’s wonderful what she has finished, successful a Grand Slam not being seeded and taking part in the way in which she performed. In order that’s actually inspiring for all of Poland what she did obtain.”
Final October, the compatriots sat down collectively for an episode of the WTA’s CrossCourt, the place they mentioned the significance of self-discipline and preparation on the tour.
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