The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 2nd player in the world and seeded n°1, qualified for the final of the Indian Wells Masters 1000, after his victory against the Italian Jannik Sinner. His next opponent will be Daniil Medvedev.
He enforced his status. This Saturday, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 2nd player in the world and seeded n°1, qualified for the final of the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells in the United States, after his victory against the Italian Jannik Sinner, 13th world player and seeded n ° 11, in two sets (7-6 (4), 6-3) and 1h54 of play. In the first set, the two players tied for the first four games. At 2-2, the Italian saved a first break point before giving in on the second and final.
At 4-3, the Spaniard ended up losing his advantage, even with a white break. To be joined at 4-4. At 6-5, the Transalpin missed a very good opportunity to conclude, insofar as it obtained a new break point, then synonymous with set point.
Alcaraz is closing in on the number one spot
In the process, the two players disputed a tie-break. A decisive game during which Carlos Alcaraz ended up having the last word, at his very first opportunity (7-6 (4)). Finally, in the second and last round, this time, Jannik Sinner got broken from the start. Before saving two double break points at 4-1. With this advantage still in his pocket, the best ranked of the two then went to put an end to this meeting, on his second match point (6-3).
In the final, the 2nd player in the world will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev, 6th player in the world and seeded n°5, who took out the American Frances Tiafoe, 16th player in the world and seeded n°14, in two sets (7-5, 7-6 (4)) and 1h48 of play. Semi-finalist last year in this same tournament, the No. 1 seed does better. After Miami and Madrid last year, a third Masters 1000 is reaching out to him. This potential future title will offer him, at the same time, the place of world number one.
