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Top 5 Tennis players to win Australian Open and Indian Wells or Miami open in the same season

These are the players who went onto win either the Indian wells or the Miami Open after Grand slam victory at Melbourne. Some of the greats in the game are featuring in this list.

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Top 5 players to win Australian open and sunshine tournament

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There have been a lot of great records that players have held in the game of tennis. The grand slams will still be the tournaments that will have a big following, but sometimes players need to continue their great form in the upcoming tournaments as well. Two tournaments follow the Australian Open which are the Miami Open and the Indian Wells Masters. These tournaments can be equally as competitive going forward as well.

There have been only a few players who after winning the title at Melbourne have gone on to triumph in Indian Wells and the Miami Open. There have been only five players that have gone on to achieve this feat in a single season. Some of these are some of the greatest to ever play the game. It will be intriguing to see who these iconic players are and when they managed to achieve this rare accomplishment.

Here are the top 5 players to win the Miami or Indian Wells after Australian Open:

5. Jannik Sinner

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The last player to achieve this is none other than Jannik Sinner. The 22-year-old Italian has been in incredible form this season. The Australian Open was the time that he finally got into the limelight as one of the best players in the world right now. Sinner went on to beat the likes of Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev and win his first-ever grand slam. He followed that with a victory in Miami after beating Grigor Dimitrov in the final.

4. Rafael Nadal

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The hard courts are where Rafael Nadal was invincible. He not only won his first Australian Open in 2009 but he had one of the best Australian Open finals against Roger Federer. Nadal went on to continue his great form in the Indian Wells Masters where he defeated Andy Murray in two straight sets. This was one of the best seasons for the Spaniard legend becoming the 4th player to complete this achievement.

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3. Andre Agassi

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If there is one American Tennis player who is the most well respected after John Mcenroe, it is Andre Agassi. There is no doubt Agassi was dominating the Australian Open in the early 2000s, but one of his most iconic seasons was in 2001 where he not only won the grand slam but completed a sunshine double winning both the Indian wells Masters and the Miami Open beating his fellow Americans Pete Sampras and Jan Michael Gambil in the finals of the two respective tournaments. It is safe to say that this was a season to remember for the great player.

2. Roger Federer

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Another player to achieve the same feat as Agassi is the great Roger Federer himself. The Swiss legend achieved this in 2006 when he won his second Australian Open after defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final. Federer followed that great victory by winning the Indian Wells and Miami Open in that season as well. This was another great record crossed off the list by Federer in his great career.

1. Novak Djokovic

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2008 was the year Serbian powerhouse Novak Djokovic started to dominate the Australian Open. He accomplished this by defeating Jo Wilfried Tsonga in an intense final match. However, this was not the only achievement for Djoko as he also went on to win the Indian Wells masters. beating Mardy Fish in the finals of the tournament. This was the year Novak Djokovic started his dominance in the world of Tennis and became the world champion he is today.

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