Carlos Alcaraz stunned by Jannik Sinner in epic Miami Open semi-final to set up Daniil Medvedev clash

Jannik Sinner came back from a set down to stun Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 to reach the final of the Miami Open. Alcaraz will now lose his status as world No. 1 to Novak Djokovic, having returned to the top of the ATP rankings following his Indian Wells triumph.

Ad As for Sinner, he will face Daniil Medvedev after the Russian beat compatriot Karen Khachanov 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3. ATP MiamiAlcaraz compares favourably to Big Three, says Fritz16 HOURS AGO «It means a lot,” said Sinner. “We both played a very, very high level of tennis again.

I just tried my best. »In the third set I saw him struggle a little bit for a couple of games so I tried to push there. We both tried to play very aggressive tennis and today it went my way so I'm very happy." Sinner broke early in the first set to lead 4-2, when both players delivered an incredible 25-shot rally, which was won by the Italian with a cross-court passing backhand, to get the crowd on their feet.

However, Alcaraz fought back and led 6-5 to serve for the set. He couldn’t do it though, so a tie-break was required and it was Sinner who led 4-2. Alcaraz reeled off the five points in a row to turn the tie-break around to win an epic opening set.

It looked like the Spaniard was going to win the match when he was 4-3 up in the second set and had two break points. But, Sinner had other ideas and began his comeback by serving his way out of trouble and won the next two games to send the semi-final to a decider. Sinner broke at the start of the third set as Alcaraz suffered cramps with his leg.