The Indian Wells Masters 1000 final will not feature Carlos Alcaraz, number 1 in the ATP rankings. The Spaniard was surprised by Russian Daniil Medvedev, in the semi-final, on Saturday night (14).
With the victory in two sets (6-3 and 7-6), Medvedev (11th in the ranking) now faces the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd), responsible for .
The Brazilian, in fact, is the only one in the tournament to manage to break the Italian’s serve and take him to the tiebreak — in both sets, on top of that.
Sinner reaches the final after easily overcoming German Alexander Zverev, fourth in the rankings, also this Saturday, with scores of 6-2 and 6-4.
As a result, the winner of the Indian Wells decision, scheduled for this Sunday (15), at a time to be confirmed, will be unprecedented. Sinner and Medvedev never won the California Masters 1000.
On the same day, earlier, Kazakh Elena Rybakina will make the final of the women’s singles tournament.