Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has continued his winning run in Indian Wells and inflicted the first defeat of the year on Jannik Sinner. Now it’s time for a rematch of last year’s final
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has once again reached the final at the Tennis Masters tournament in Indian Wells and inflicted the first defeat of the year on Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz won the semi-final 1:6, 6:3, 6:2, although the Spaniard had to endure a three-hour rain delay in the semi-final after the bee swarm interruption in the quarter-final against Alexander Zverev.
Sinner, who had started the year with 16 wins in a row, was 2:1 ahead at the time and dominated the first set after the interruption. But Alcaraz then changed his tactics and his return position and went to the net more often. After 2:05 hours, the 20-year-old Spaniard finally won the exchange of blows against the 22-year-old South Tyrolean.
Alcaraz will meet Daniil Medvedev in the final, as he did last year. The 28-year-old Russian also won his semi-final in three sets 1:6, 7:6 (7:3), 6:2 against Tommy Paul (26) from the USA. Paul was 3:2 ahead in the tie-break of the second set, but then lost five points in a row after twisting his ankle. After a break and treatment on his ankle, the US American looked shaken in the third set, but Medvedev won in the end.
In the women’s singles, there will also be a repeat of a previous Indian Wells final on Sunday. Just like two years ago, world number one Iga Swiatek from Poland will face Maria Sakkari from Greece
