the belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and the Greek Maria Sakkari They qualified this Wednesday for the semifinals of Indian Wells while in the men’s draw the first two to reach the prelude to the final were the Russians Daniel Medvedev and the american Frances Tiafoe.
Champion of the last edition of the Australian Open, Sabalenka surpassed Coco Gauffthe USA’s last hope in the women’s competition, beating them in the finals 6-4 and 6-0 in one hour and 5 minutes.
His opponent in the semifinals was sakkariwho returned to Czech Petra Kvitova through 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1 in two hours and 46 minutes.
The Greek was a finalist in last year’s Californian desert tournament, where he lost the title match against the number one ranked, Polish Iga Swiatek.
This Thursday two more quarterfinals will be played that will face the aforementioned swiatek including Romanian Sorana Cirstea check it out Karolina Muchova against kazakh Elena Rybakina.
As for the male draw, the Spanish Alexander Davidovich closed his impressive participation in Indian Wells with a loss against the Medvedevwho is having an amazing moment and who scored the match 6-3 and 7-5 in one hour and 46 minutes.
The Russian has won his last three tournaments in a row (Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai) and is on a phenomenal 18-match winning streak.
Davidovich, however, got a great victory from Indian Wells: his rise to the 25th place in the world ranking, the best record so far of his career.
Medvedev will play the pass in the final of the Indian Wells match tiafoewho prevailed over the British Cameron Norrie -champion of this Masters 1000 in 2021- for a double 6-4 en one hour and 40 minutes.
Carlos Alcarazthe last Spaniard to advance to Indian Wells, will face Thursday in the quarterfinals with the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimea particularly tough rival for the Murcian as he has beaten him the three times they have met on the track so far.
Finally, the American taylor fritzthe current Indian Wells champion, will face the Italian in the quarterfinals Jannik Sinner and that’s where Alcaraz’s hypothetical rival would come from.
Source: La Verdad
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