INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Daniil Medvedev suffered his first lack of the 12 months to top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win on Saturday to advance to the ultimate at Indian Wells.
eleventh seed Medvedev (Russia) will face second seed Jannik Sinner (Italy). Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-4.
Alcaraz had received 16 straight video games this 12 months, together with the Australian Open and Qatar Open titles. Nevertheless, Medvedev ended any risk of an Alcaraz vs. Sinner remaining. Medvedev had misplaced his earlier 4 matches in opposition to Alcaraz, together with a loss within the 2024 Indian Wells remaining. The win in opposition to Alcaraz is Medvedev’s first because the 2023 US Open semifinals.
Sinner attacked Zverev shortly, successful in a single hour and 23 minutes. Sinner made six aces in opposition to fourth-seeded Zverev.
Zverev received the primary eight factors on serve. Nevertheless, Sinner broke Zverev in each the fifth and seventh video games to safe the primary set. Sinner leads the head-to-head collection in opposition to Zverev 7-4.
Neither Medvedev nor Sinner have but to drop a set on this match. Sinner has received his final three matches in opposition to Medvedev, together with the 2024 US Open quarterfinals.
Within the girls’s doubles remaining, Taylor Townsend/Katerina Sinakova defeated Anna Danilina/Aleksandra Krunic 7-6 (4), 6-4. The victory was Townsend’s first at Indian Wells and Sinakova’s second. Sinakova additionally received in 2023 together with her long-time companion Barbora Krejcikova.
Within the males’s doubles remaining, Guido Andreozzi and Manuel Guinard defeated Arthur Rinderknek and Valentin Bachelot 7-6 (3), 6-3. In combined doubles, Belinda Bencic and Flavio Coboli defeated prime seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Lloyd Glasspool 6-3, 2-6, 10-7.
