JABAR EKSPRES —World number one Carlos Alcaraz and world number five Daniil Medvedev booked their places in the Miami Open semifinals with a convincing win over their American opponents at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida, USA, Thursday local time.
Alcaraz beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-2, while Medvedev ended qualifier Christopher Eubanks impressive run with a 6-3, 7-5 win in their quarter-final.
Alcaraz only needed 78 minutes to get rid of Fritz. The Spaniard returned to dominate with a big serve and attacked the American from the start.
Alcaraz came out strong by breaking Fritz’s first game, and he did the same again early in the second set, winning the game.
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The 19-year-old tennis player broke Fritz again to lead 5-2 and sealed victory without dropping a single point in the final game.
Next, Alcaraz will face Italian 10th seed Jannik Sinner for a bid for the Sunshine Double following his victory over Medvedev in Indian Wells.
In the other quarter-final match, the 26-year-old Eubanks held two serves and looked confident against Medvedev. However, a half-hour rain break interrupted Eubanks’ momentum, his first serve being broken after the restart to put Medvedev ahead 4-3.
Medvedev actually performed better after the break. She took the first set, but Eubanks didn’t give up the Russian.
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In the sixth game of the second set, Medvedev won a net rally to go up 4-2 but Eubanks again showed character to fight back. However, Medvedev quelled Eubanks’ ardor and ended his resistance.
The American, who will rise from 119th to 85th in the ATP rankings, said Medvedev was playing above his level.
“Little things, missed opportunities, which maybe in some tournaments I’ve played in the past or (against) some opponents don’t seem like a big deal,” Eubanks said.
