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‘I’m speechless, it’s beautiful’: Sinner beats Medvedev to win Indian Wells title and complete hard-court Masters set | Tennis News

‘I’m speechless, it’s beautiful’: Sinner beats Medvedev to win Indian Wells title and complete hard-court Masters set | Tennis News

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Jannik Sinner won his first title at Indian Wells on Sunday, defeating Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in a final that turned on a remarkable seven-point winning streak from 0-4 down in the second-set tiebreak. “I’m speechless, it’s beautiful,” Sinner said courtside after the match. “I trained hard for this result, even when I was down I kept believing in it.” The victory gave the world number two Italian his 25th career title and completed the set of all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles — a feat previously achieved only by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Sinner also became the first man to win consecutive Masters 1000 titles without dropping a set since the series began in 1990. The match turned on the second-set tiebreak. Sinner fell to 0-4, double-faulted to go 0-5, then won seven straight points to close it out. “I kept believing and kept pushing,” he said. “I went for my shots a little more. A third set, we would have started even, so I tried my best to close it out. …

‘Bit too old… to care about these things’: Daniil Medvedev on whether he can catch Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

‘Bit too old… to care about these things’: Daniil Medvedev on whether he can catch Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 15, 2026 12:42 PM IST Daniil Medvedev handed Carlos Alcaraz his first defeat of 2026 in the Indian Wells semi-final, prevailing with a 6-3, 7-6(3) scoreline over the world no 1 from Spain. After stopping the Alcaraz juggernaut (where the Spaniard went unbeaten in 16 games and won titles at Australian Open and Doha), Medvedev was asked if he felt that he could catch up to the leading lights of the current generation, Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. To this, the 30-year-old Medvedev had a simple response. “I don’t care too much about these things, because I’m already, first of all, a bit too old. I’m not Next Gen anymore,” said Medvedev. Medvedev’s reward for overpowering Sinner is a clash against Sinner in the final. “I had a tough year last year, so even ⁠more perspective now ⁠that I need to do my best, that’s it. Jannik and Carlos are far better than all ⁠of us. Only ‌one match we can beat them … they are so ​good. They are so much …

Jack Draper hammers Holger Rune to win first Masters 1000 title

Jack Draper hammers Holger Rune to win first Masters 1000 title

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Jack Draper won his first Masters 1000 title on Monday after the Briton beat Denmark’s Holger Rune in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 to win the Indian Wells with a place in the top 10 assured for the first time. Playing in his first 1000-level final, Draper bludgeoned his opponent with seven aces in the first set, having hit a forehand winner to break in the first game and outfoxed Rune at the net in the third to go up another break. Draper, who suffered a lingering hip issue earlier this year, looked in fine touch as he zipped around the court with ease in the final, hitting 21 winners to cap a superb week in the California desert. Playing in his fourth Masters 1000 final, Rune had the benefit of experience but could never find his rhythm as he made seven winners against 18 unforced errors. Story continues below this ad “I lost first round here last year so I didn’t get to experience the tournament too much,” Draper said after the match. “I would …