Daniil Medvedev overcomes bleeding thumb to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and reach Indian Wells semis

Daniil Medvedev overcame another injury scare to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 7-5 and reach the Indian Wells semi-finals. Medvedev rolled his ankle in his last-16 win over Alexander Zverev but didn’t look troubled by that as he recorded his 18th straight victory. Ad He did, though, require a medical timeout in the second set when a fall behind the baseline left him with a bleeding cut on his thumb.

ATP Indian WellsMedvedev v Federer: Whose behind-the-baseline overhead was better?20 HOURS AGO Davidovich Fokina had three chances to break after the incident, but Medvedev held firm to set up a meeting with Frances Tiafoe, who beat British No. 1 Cameron Norrie in straight sets. «I absolutely cut it open,» Medvedev said of his bloody thumb.

«It was like fully open. I never cut myself with a knife even like this because I don't cook much. They cleaned it now, have a small tape.

Should be fine. »The question is going to be whether I tape it in two days for the match or not. But that’s not a big problem because I managed to play well with the tape today.

A lot of players tape their fingers and manage to play well so I’m going to be able to do it also.” Medvedev’s thumb injury looked like it might aid Davidovich Fokina, who had already passed up three opportunities to break early in the second set. Tiafoe beats Norrie to reach semi-finals Nadal targeting Monte Carlo return — tournament director But after Medvedev received treatment, the 23rd seed again couldn’t take his chance in the eighth game when he got to 0-40 against the serve. Medvedev, who has grumbled several times this week about the «slow» courts, held and then broke to love to secure his place in the last four.