INDIAN WELLS — Daniil Medvedev handed top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz his first lack of the 12 months and superior to the final at Indian Wells with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory Saturday.
The Eleventh-seeded Medvedev, from Russia, will face second-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy. Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-4.
Alcaraz had gained 16 straight matches this 12 months, together with titles on the Australian Open and Qatar Open. But Medvedev ended the potential of an Alcaraz vs. Sinner final. Medvedev had dropped his final 4 conferences towards Alcaraz, together with a loss within the Indian Wells final in 2024. This was Medvedev’s first victory over him because the U.S. Open semifinals in 2023.
Sinner made fast work of Zverev, beating him in 1 hour, 23 minutes. Sinner notched six aces towards the fourth-seeded Zverev.
Zverev gained his first eight factors on serve. But Sinner broke Zverev in each the fifth and seventh video games to safe the primary set. Sinner now leads the head-to-head sequence towards Zverev 7-4.
In the ladies’s doubles final, Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova beat Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic 7-6 (4), 6-4. The victory marked Townsend’s first at Indian Wells and Siniakova’s second. Siniakova additionally gained in 2023 alongside longtime accomplice Barbora Krejcikova.
Towsend and Siniakova defeated Danilina and Krunic in 94 minutes, thanks largely to successful 80% of their first-serve factors and 82% off their second serve.