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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nThe 20-year-old Tien was the youngest American men\u2019s Indian Wells\u2019 quarterfinalist since his coach, Michael Chang, in 1992.<\/p>\n
A win would have ensured the left-handed Tien\u2019s Top 20 debut, however Sinner hammered him into corners from the outset.<\/p>\n
Tien, who saved two match points toppling Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4) in the round of 16, had served sharply throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n
Today, Sinner won 15 of 29 points played on the SoCal native\u2019s first serve and converted four of five break points. It was Sinner\u2019s second win over Tien in as many meetings, following his 6-2, 6-2 sweep in the Beijing final.<\/p>\n
The Wimbledon winner overpowered Tien tearing out to 4-1 leads in both sets.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhysically, he\u2019s improving a lot, you know,\u201d Sinner said of Tien. \u201cSo he\u2019s gonna be a very tough, tough player in the future to beat, of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s shown this already against incredible players in the past and also in the present. So it\u2019s gonna be very interesting to see how he\u2019s gonna evolve.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout the heat, today I felt quite comfortable. I came here quite early, and the week before the tournament it was very hot, so that helps me or helped me for sure. And now, yeah, I try to be ready for the next match.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is Sinner\u2019s ninth straight win at the ATP Masters 1000 level and sends the Rolex Paris Masters champion into a semifinal showdown vs. Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n
A focused Zverev defeated 21-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-3 on Stadium 2.<\/p>\n
Zverev hit a milestone mark: He\u2019s the fifth man to complete the set of semifinals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s very special to be one of five players in history to ever do it,\u201d Zverev said. \u201cFor sure, yeah, it\u2019s something that I\u2019m very proud of. Yeah, it\u2019s a great thing to have in your career.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three-time Grand Slam finalist Zverev said he tried to assert his aggression in defeating Fils for the fifth time in seven meetings. Zverev zapped seven aces against one double fault and saved all three break points he faced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I played quicker today than the last couple of matches,\u201d Zverev said. \u201cI think I took the time away and the ability for him to be extremely aggressive. I took that away from him, and when I\u2019m able to do that, I think it\u2019s quite helpful for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinner is 6-4 lifetime vs. Zverev, including five straight wins over the German.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTough match. You know, we know each other very well, so try to, you know, being as consistent as possible,\u201d Sinner said of the semifinals. \u201cIn the same time, him, for sure, he will change couple of things. So I have to very careful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI watch couple of matches. He\u2019s playing great tennis. So trying to, yeah, to bring the best possible tennis I can. Depending on also when and what time we play, this change a little bit the matchup already. You know, I\u2019m looking forward to this. These are the matches I practice for. Semifinals of big tournaments, stages are getting bigger and bigger, so very happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Olympic gold-medal champion Zverev said he\u2019s pumped for the challenge of taking on the world No. 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we had quite tight matches. Even the last few were very tight except the one in Paris where I was hurt,\u201d Zverev said. \u201cIt\u2019s always a challenge. He\u2019s been one of the two best players in the world the last two years. Him and Carlos won all the Grand Slams and all the big events.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course it\u2019s a challenge, but it\u2019s a challenge I\u2019m looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, March 12, 2026Photo credit: BNP Paribas Open INDIAN WELLS\u2014The youth revolution hit a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-536515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}