Alcaraz rallies after 3-hour rain delay to set up Indian Wells final against Medvedev

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to end the Italian's 19-match winning streak and advance to the BNP Paribas Open final on Saturday night in Indian Wells, Calif.

Alcaraz retained his world No. 2 ranking with the victory and extended his winning streak to 11 matches at Indian Wells, where he'll play fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev in Sunday's title match. It's a rematch of last year's final, won by Alcaraz in straight sets.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek plays ninth-seeded Maria Sakkari in the women's final Sunday.

Medvedev outlasted 17th-seeded American Tommy Paul 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Paul was up a set and 3-2 in the second-set tiebreaker when he rolled his left ankle and Medvedev took control.

Sinner led 2-1 in the first set when the match was suspended for more than three hours because of rain in the Southern California desert. Rain also affected the women's semifinals on Friday night.

Sinner went on to dominate the first set before Alcaraz changed his tactics. The Spaniard started coming to the net more and moving Sinner up and back.

"I had to change my game a little bit in the second set, that was a good thing for me, to change my style a little bit," Alcaraz said. "I changed the return position, and that's why I gave myself a chance to put more balls in play so I could wait for my chances [to attack]."

Defending Champ is back in the finals.