Indian Wells and Miami Open top 10: Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud shine

For the first time since 2019, Indian Wells and the Miami Open have been completed back to back. Taylor Fritz and Carlos Alcaraz took the men’s titles across the two Masters 1000 events while Iga Swiatek became only the fourth woman in history to win the Sunshine Double as she extended her winning run to 17 matches. Ad/> With attentions now turning to the clay swing, we look back on the top 10 players from the last month of the season… Tennis‘I was crying for 40 minutes’ — Swiatek on sudden Barty retirement2 HOURS AGO Iga Swiatek Surprise surprise.

Swiatek’s dominant start to the season has probably surpassed even her own expectations. She follows Stefanie Graf (1994 and 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Victoria Azarenka (2016), as the only women to win Indian Wells and the Miami Open in the same season, and aged 20 is the youngest woman to achieve the feat. Swiatek, who officially replaces Ashleigh Barty as world No.1 today, looks unstoppable right now.

She is hitting the ball cleanly, generating big power on both sides, serving well, and finding ways out of tricky-looking situations. She’s has won her last 20 sets in a row and only lost more than three games in a set on two occasions in Miami. If she stays fit and healthy then Swiatek is the clear player to beat on the WTA Tour over the next few months on clay, her favourite surface.

/> Carlos Alcaraz Andy Roddick called it midway through the Miami Open: Alcaraz is the “real deal”. Alcaraz’s stunning rise continued apace over the last fortnight as he became the youngest man to win in Miami and the third-youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion ever. Nobody could match him.