Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has reached the finals of the prestigious Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells with prize money exceeding nine million dollars. In the semi-finals, he achieved a crushing victory over the Spanish world ranking leader Carlos Alcaraz – 6:3, 7:6. This became known on Sunday, March 15.
This victory is Medvedev’s first over Alcaraz in the last five meetings and only the third in his career. It is noteworthy that the Spaniard suffered his first defeat in 17 matches. In the final, the Russian will meet Italian Jannik Sinner.
Thanks to his arrival in the deciding match, Medvedev guaranteed himself a return to the top ten in the ATP rankings.
On March 1, it was reported that the winner of the ATP-500 tournament in Dubai, Daniil Medvedev, faced a difficult logistical situation – due to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Dubai International Airport suspended operations, and the Russian tennis player was unable to leave the UAE to participate in the upcoming tournament.
However, on March 3, it became known that Russian tennis players Andrey Rublev, Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov, stuck in Dubai after the ATP tournament due to closed flights, left the UAE.