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17-03-2024 – 08:38
For the blue it is the first defeat in 2024, the assault on second place at ATP has been postponed INDIAN WELLS (USA) (ITALPRESS) – You again. Like a year ago, Jannik Sinner’s run at the “BNP Paribas Open”, the first ATP Masters 1000 of the season in the final stages on the hard court of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, stops in the semifinals and again at the hands of Carlos Alcaraz: the Spaniard, reigning champion, wins the match 1-6 6-3 6-2 in a total of two hours and 5 minutes of a match suspended for a long time due to rain and defends, at least for the moment, the second place in the ranking from the onslaught of ‘sky blue. And he is also the first Top 5 to beat the South Tyrolean on hard in a comeback, after losing the first set, since 2020 when Daniil Medvedev did it in the round of 16 in Marseille.
“All the matches with Jannik are special, against him I always have to give 100%” – admitted Alcaraz, who became the youngest player to win 11 matches in a row at Indian Wells at 20 years and 316 days, at the end of the match against Sinner – I was mentally strong and that’s very important. You have to be if you want to win these types of matches against an opponent who is playing incredible tennis. I’m really happy to be back in the final, especially in this tournament.” Sinner, number 3 at the ATP and in the draw, now 5-4 down in previous matches against the Spaniard after having won the last two matches (in the semi-final in Miami and then in Beijing last year), thus suffering his first defeat in 2024 after 16 victories in a row (19 also considering the 2023 Davis Cup Finals) which earned him the historic success at the Australian Open and the title in Rotterdam. Alcaraz is now waiting to reconfirm himself king of Indian Wells, in a remake of the 2023 final, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, n.4 in the world ranking and in the tournament, who in the second semi-final defeated the American Tommy Paul (17) in a comeback and in three sets for 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2. – Photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS). glb/mc/red 17-Mar-24 08:38 .
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17-03-2024 – 08:38