(Adnkronos) – Jannik Sinner against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami. The Italian, seeded number 2, and the Russian, number 3 in the draw, find themselves opponents almost 2 months after the Australian Open final which the 22-year-old from South Tyrol won in 5 sets with a score of 3-6, 3 -6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 after an amazing comeback. Compared to the Melbourne match, the hierarchies have changed. Sinner is now ahead in the ATP ranking: he has risen to third place, overtaking Medvedev himself, and in the event of triumph in Miami he would rise to second place in the rankings, also surpassing the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. To place himself behind Novak Djokovic, number 1 in world tennis, Sinner needs 2 more victories on the hard courts of Florida. The first obstacle is represented by the eleventh direct confrontation with Medvedev. The Russian is ahead 6-4, but the trend is clearly in favor of the Italian who has won the last 4 duels staged. The exploit in Melbourne, which guaranteed Sinner the first Slam title in his career, obviously represents the highest point of the rivalry. Already at the end of the 2023 season, Sinner had broken the ice by winning 7-6, 7-6 in the Beijing final and repeating himself in Vienna, where he prevailed 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. So, Sinner’s hat trick had reached the semi-finals of the ATP Finals. The other direct matches played last year were won by Medvedev: the 2021 US Open champion won in the final in Rotterdam (5-7, 6-2, 6-2) and in the Masters 1000 in Miami (7-5, 6-3), where today a sort of revenge made in Florida is being staged. The first head-to-head between the two dates back to 2020 in the second round of the Marseille tournament, where an 18-year-old Sinner won the first set 6-1, before being overwhelmed 6-1, 6-2 in the remaining sets. Two matches were played in 2021, again in Marseille but in the quarterfinals the South Tyrolean had lost 6-2, 6-4 and then at the ATP Finals in Turin, where Sinner, who entered to replace the injured Matteo Berrettini, had surrendered in the tie -break of the third set, 6-0, 6-7, 7-6. In 2022 in the quarterfinals in Vienna where Medvedev wins 6-4, 6-2. —[email protected] (Web Info)
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