Alcaraz and red-hot Medvedev set up Indian Wells final showdown FMTNews FMTSports
INDIAN WELLS: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz was far from his best but did enough to beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner 7-6, 6-3 on Saturday and set up an Indian Wells final showdown with red-hot Russian Daniil Medvedev in the California desert.
In the second set, Alcaraz stepped up the pressure, often having Sinner scrambling around behind the baseline. He broke early for a 2-0 lead and was well on his way after a perfectly weighted lob landed just inside the baseline for a 3-0 lead. In the early match, Medvedev squandered seven match points before finally getting past Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 7-6 to secure a place in his first Indian Wells final.
Medvedev had a glorious opportunity to grab an early break until Tiafoe, who entered the match having not dropped a set in Indian Wells, impressively stormed back from 0-40 in the fifth game of the opening set to hold serve.
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