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ROMA. Two months after the Melbourne final Jannik Sinner (no. 3 in the world) and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (n.4), defending champion in Florida, will compete tomorrow in the semifinals of the Masters 1000 in Miami. With the success in the quarterfinals against the Czech Tomas MachacSinner has collected the twentieth victory in this first part of the season which sees him projected to overtake the n.2 position in the ATP ranking occupied by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who in the quarterfinals will face the Bulgarian Dimitrov in the Italian night: whoever wins will face the German in the semi-final Alexander Zverev who beat the Hungarian Fabian Maroszan in straight sets 6-3, 7-5.
While waiting for the match in Alcaraz, Sinner is projected towards tomorrow’s semi-final against Medvedev where the South Tyrolean – who has lost only one match in 2024, earlier this month in the semi-final of Masters 1000 di Indian Wells against the Spaniard – comes with a constant performance: four tournaments played in the season and four semi-finals. Tomorrow’s match between Sinner and Medvedev will be the remake of the final of twelve months ago, won by the Russian, but also that of the last act of the Australian Open in January, signed by the blue. The 28-year-old Muscovite has a 6-4 lead in the overall result of the direct matches but the Italian has prevailed in the last four. In Miami, among other things, Sinner boasts two finals: in 2021, beaten by the Polish Hurkacz, and in 2023, stopped by Medvedev. Since then, Sinner has always won: in Beijing, Vienna, at the ATP Finals in Turin and in the final at the Australian Open, overcoming a two set deficit.
“He managed to find the solutions, what champions do” said Medvedev, on the eve of their eleventh direct match. Two sets were enough for the Russian to beat the Chilean Nicolas Jarry: “I played at a good level in the first set, not excellent but enough to win it… Then he raised his level and there were some long fights, some rough spotsand it also has served betteryes, some things were played out in the tie-break,” he commented.
It’s not just Sinner who makes Italy rejoice atHard Rock Stadium. Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini they reached the semi-final in doubles at the WTA 1000. In the quarterfinals, the two Italians defeated the Russians 6-2 6-2 Ekaterina Alexandrova and Irina Khromacheva, on the pitch as neutral athletes. In the second semi-final of the season, after the one played at the WTA 500 in Linz where they won the second doubles title of their career, Errani and Paolini will face the Americans Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sandsformer world number 1 and five-time Slam doubles champion.
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