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World number one Carlos Alcaraz charged past Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 on Thursday to \u2060set up an Indian Wells semifinal with \u2060Daniil Medvedev after the Russian ended Jack Draper\u2019s title defence with a 6-17-5 win following a controversial umpiring call.<\/p>\n
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka also reached the last four in the women\u2019s draw with a 7-6(0) 6-4 victory over 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, but Iga Swiatek was unable to \u2060find her way past Elina Svitolina and fell 6-2 4-6 6-4.<\/p>\n
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Australian Open champion Alcaraz improved his record to 16-0 to start the year with a solid display against a tricky opponent in the final contest of the evening, remaining on course for a third Indian Wells crown.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard eased through the opening set, and though he \u2060was briefly in trouble at 0-2 down in the second, he quickly regained the momentum to see off Briton Norrie and set up a meeting with twice runner-up Medvedev.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really difficult, I struggled with Cameron\u2019s style,\u201d Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis forehand has super top-spin, and his backhands are flat, so it\u2019s tricky to play against him and find the correct shots. I played solid and aggressive when I could, and I\u2019m happy to be at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russian 11th seed Medvedev was also in impressive form against Briton Draper, who had \u200clittle time to recover after his stunning three-set win over Novak Djokovic on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Draper raised his level in the second set and stayed with his opponent up to 5-5, but Medvedev secured a late break after a controversial hindrance call from chair umpire Aurelie Tourte.<\/p>\n
Medvedev was awarded a point to go 30-0 up following a late video review request, after the Russian said he was distracted by Draper\u2019s raised arm during the rally when the Briton thought the ball went out.<\/p>\n
Draper insisted he had not caused a major distraction, but the umpire stuck with her decision to award Medvedev the point, prompting jeers from the crowd when the call was made.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the first forehand I did after it happened, I think I could have done a better shot if there was no gesture \u2060from Jack,\u201d Medvedev told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas I distracted big time? No. Do I feel good about it? Not really. But I also \u2060don\u2019t feel like I cheated or something. I got a bit distracted. I let it go and I let the umpire decide.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev beat Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-2 6-3 to make the semifinals for the first time, and become only the fifth man to complete the set of last-four appearances at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events.<\/p>\n
The German faces a big challenge in the next round, \u2060however, as he takes on world number two Jannik Sinner after the Italian made light work of American Learner Tien 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n
Svitolina upsets Swiatek, while Rybakina could await Sabalenka<\/p>\n
World number two Swiatek struggled early against Svitolina, with the Ukrainian capitalising on five double faults to secure three breaks \u2060and take the opening set in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n
She found her rhythm in the second to force a \u2060decider, but Svitolina regained the upper hand by securing the only break in a tight third set before confidently closing out the match to return to the semis for the first time in seven years.<\/p>\n
Belarusian Sabalenka had a battle on her hands against Mboko, and the top seed was taken to a first-set tiebreak, which she won to love \u2013 a career first.<\/p>\n
The second set followed a similar script with Mboko clawing \u200cher back to 5-4 and threatening another tiebreak, but four-time Grand Slam champion Sabalenka held firm.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s a future Grand Slam champion,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible to see how brave these young girls are these days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sabalenka next plays Linda Noskova, who ended Australian qualifier Talia Gibson\u2019s fairytale run 6-2 4-6 6-2, the Czech reaching her second WTA 1000 semifinal.<\/p>\n
Australian \u200cOpen \u200cchampion Elena Rybakina advanced with a 6-1 7-6(4) victory over Jessica Pegula to reach another Indian Wells semifinal, where she will play Svitolina.<\/p>\n
Victory ensured Rybakina will leapfrog Swiatek and reach a career-high world number two when the WTA rankings are updated on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz will meet Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells semifinals, while Jannik Sinner faces Alexander Zverev. Listen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[591,479,50,154,640,217,101,118,56,54,158,55,3544],"class_list":["post-473434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-europe","tag-italy","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-spain","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}