The Italian (11th) beat the Hispanic (1st) in the semi-finals, with partials of 6-7 (4), 6-4 and 6-2 in three hours and one minute. That’s how it’s gonna play. Sunday, the final of the tournament against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (5th). With this defeat, the Murcian will cede first place in the ATP to the Serb.
Italian Jannik Sinner he got his revenge. Carlos Alcaraz he knocked him out in the Indian Wells semi-final last week in California.
But the eleventh in the ATP ranking managed to defeat the Hispanic in three sets in the semifinals of the masters of miami to, in addition, leave him without the world number one in the ranking which will appear on Monday.
It was a hard and vibrant match that was only defined after three hours and a minute of play. Worthy of the semi-final of a tournament as important as the one taking place in Florida, in the southeast the United States.
Thus, the two athletes who wore the tight first set tiebreaker that it was only defined 7-4 in favor of the Murcian, so far number one in the ATP rankings.
However, the Italian reacted. He increased his serve percentages and managed to come back from the match with partials of 6-4 and 6-2 in the second and third sets, respectively.
Thanks to this triumph, the native of San Candido in the province of Bolzano will face Sunday for the title against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (5th), who eliminated his compatriot Karen Khachanov (16th) in the preliminaries with partials of 7-6 (5), 3-6 and 6-3, in two hours and 17 minutes of play.
With this defeat, the Hispanic Alcaraz will lose the world ranking number, since he defended the 1000 points he obtained last year after winning the title in the same tournament.
This Monday, Novak Djokovic He will be the best on the planet in tennis for at least another week which translates to accumulating 381 weeks at the top of the ATP rankings. Serbian too you will be able to return to the United States after restrictions lifted by Covid-19 .
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Source: Latercera
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