Carlos Alcaraz topped the Pink Group with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev on Friday in Turin to arrange a blockbuster semifinal conflict with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in his maiden ATP Finals marketing campaign.
World No. 2 Alcaraz wanted a win over 2020 champion Medvedev to make sure a semifinal spot with out relying on the end result of the ultimate group-stage match between Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev.
Medvedev, who had already certified with wins over Zverev and Rublev, shall be up in opposition to native favorite and Inexperienced Group topper Jannik Sinner within the different semifinal.
Medvedev regarded the extra harmful participant within the early exchanges however didn’t convert break factors within the fourth sport.
Alcaraz, who misplaced to Zverev in his opening match, discovered one other gear at 3-3 as he performed 4 stupendous factors to interrupt to like.
He then pounced once more at 4-4 within the second set as some errors by Medvedev helped him safe the break of serve. He then accomplished victory in emphatic style.
“I needed to keep sturdy mentally, I used to be struggling a bit of bit on serve and his return sport is superb,” Alcaraz stated on court docket. “I stayed calm and robust.”
Alcaraz and world primary Djokovic will meet for the primary time since he misplaced to the Serb within the Cincinnati closing.
(With inputs from Reuters)