Medvedev himself is now on a nine-match winning streak, having won the Dubai Championships at the end of last month, getting a walkover in that final.
After stunning Alcaraz, the No. 11 seed said: “Honestly [it’s a], great feeling. I mean, playing someone like Carlos, you play many times, you lose many times.
“He’s an amazing player with amazing shots, defence, attack, serve, return, everything. So you need to be at your best, and I was, I was serving great. I mean, I saved one or two set points, I saved one or two break points the game before. So I was hanging in, in the second set, as I could. But playing great tennis, and super happy to beat someone as strong as him.”