Lehečka reaches first Masters final in Miami

Czech tennis player Jiří Lehečka reached his first Masters final after defeating France’s Arthur Fils 6–2, 6–2 in the semi-finals in Miami. The 24-year-old will face world number two Jannik Sinner of Italy for the title.

Lehečka won the match in one hour and 15 minutes, avenging his quarter-final defeat to Fils in Doha earlier this year and levelling their head-to-head record at 2–2. It will be the seventh ATP final of his career and he is chasing his third title.

In the women’s doubles, Kateřina Siniaková and her American partner Taylor Townsend also advanced to the final after beating Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani 4–6, 6–4, 10–3.