Top seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic beat a British team formed by Juian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in rain-disrupted final at the Miami Open final to become just the sixth doubles team to complete the Sunshine Double. They claimed the Miami title two weeks after winning in Indian Wells. Arevalo and Melo won their sixth title as a team.
Arevalo and Melo did not drop a set en route to the title. They claimed Match tie-break wins in three of their five matches at this year’s edition of the Miami Open. They won 90% of the their first serve points.
Cash and Glasspool saved three break points in the 11th game of the first set. Both teams held on their serve en route to the tie-break. Arevalo and Pavic earned two mini-break points to win the tie-break 7-3.
The match was suspended for two hours due to rain at 7-6 (7-3) 3-2. As it resumed Arevalo and Melo to earn an immediate break before they closed out the match to seal the win after 78 minutes.
“We had a great year last year, finishing No. 1. We showed we could be at the top and doubles is an interesting game. It is very close so to achieve something like this is not easy. Winning a couple of matches helps boost your confidence and I think that was the edge that we had the past couple of matches”, said Pavic. Arevalo and Melo has become the first team to win the Sunshine Double to win the Sunshine Double since Pierre Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in 2016. They have continued their great period of form after winning Roland Garros, the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, Geneva and Hong Kong in 2024. The won Indian Wells in 2025 beating Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson becoming the first World number 1 doubles team to accomplish this feat since brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in 2014.
