The Spaniard, who is looking to retain the title, beat the Italian in three sets in the first semi-final of the California tournament. Daniil Medvedev or Tommy Paul will be his rivals in the decisive match.
Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) won a great victory this Saturday by beating Jannik Sinner (3rd) 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2. in a match corresponding to the semi-finals of Indian goods (United States), first Masters 1000 of the season.
The opening set got off to a troubled start: When barely three matches had been played (2-1 advantage for the Italian), the match had to be suspended for around three hours due to the rain that fell in California. .
After the rains stopped, The current Australian Open champion was relentless with his rival quickly winning four consecutive matches which gave him the set 6-1 in 34 minutes .
In the second round, the Spaniard came out determined to try to equalize the score, taking an important step towards that goal. break in the fourth game then confirmation of the break to take a 4-1 lead .
From then on, Alcaraz managed, not without complications, to perpetuate its service to seal the set 6-3 in 46 minutes forcing the definition of the match in a third set.
In the end, and with the renewed emotion that his victory in the previous round brought him, The former world number one quickly took a lead on the scoreboard by breaking in the third game. .
Confirmation of the Spaniard’s good timing came next, with a new break which allowed him to lead the score 4-1 against an opponent diminished by physical discomfort .
From then on, Alcaraz only had to maintain his serve to win the deciding set 6-2 in 43 minutes. thus sealing his path to the final of the competition in which he defends the title, an event in which he awaits the winner of the key in which the Russian will play the main role Daniel Medvedev (4th) and the American Tommy Paul (17th) .
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