There was no double prize at the end. Carlos Alcaraz has fallen this Friday in the semifinals of the Masters 1,000 in Miami against the Italian Jannik Sinner (6-7(4), 6-4 y 6-2) and after the defeat he gave up the world number 1 to Novak Djokovic.
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After an extraordinary start to the season, in which he was crowned in Indian Wells with the third Masters 1,000 of his career, alcaraz he lost to Sinner his second match of a year in which he already had 18 wins. Sinner, who had lost to alcaraz in the Indian Wells semifinals, will play the final against the Russian this Sunday Daniil Medvedevexecutioner of his compatriot Karen Khachanov (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3).
In a battle that lasted 3 hours and 1 minute, in a spectacular duel, with alternatives on both sides, the victory finally fell to the side of Sinner21 years old and 11 in the world, who took revenge from the previous match that both tennis players played in the semifinals of Indian Wells, where he prevailed alcaraz.
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The Italian tennis player raised a score against after having dominated the first set (4-1) and giving up the ‘tie break’. Alcaraz had two ‘break points’ with 4-3 in the second set to be able to take a definitive advantage and win the match. “If you don’t take advantage of the chances you lose”admitted the 19-year-old tennis player from Murcia.
then some cramps at the start of the third set de Alcaraz helped the Italian to victory, his third win in six meetings.
“Special Energy”
“It’s definitely one of the best games of my career,” he happily valued. Sinnerafter a victory that will return him to the ‘top ten’ this Monday whatever happens in the final against Medvedev. “Obviously it was a very difficult match. I think we both played at a very high level. When the two players play like this, you can feel it on the court. The crowd too. There was a special good energy and that’s good for tennis”, highlighted the Italian.
“All I can say is that Jannik has been better than me and that is the reality, I have not lost because of the discomfort at the beginning of the third set. It has been a very demanding two months but I am happy with what I have achieved. Now comes the season of land that will also be very demanding”, highlighted the tennis player from Murcia after the defeat.
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Alcaraz gives up his number 1 position again to Djokovicwho without having played in Indian Wells and Miami, unable to enter the United States for not being vaccinated against covid-19, will appear first in the ranking again with 7,160 and will increase his record to 381 weeks at the helm of world tennis.
The fight for the number 1 will now continue on the European clay, where Alcaraz and Djokovic will meet in the next tournaments. The first of them in Monte Carlo (9 to 16 April). alcarazcurrently with 6,780 points, will defend 1,870 points until Roland Garros, including the title in Madrid, 500 points more than Djokovic who won 1,730 points last year.