Jannik Sinner has been unplayable since the start of 2024. The semi-final of the Miami Masters 1000 against Daniil Medvedev was the revenge of the Australian Open final. But if the match between the two players had been close (3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3), this time, there was no photo. The Italian crushed the Russian in two sets (6-1, 6-2) in just 1h10 of play. This is Medvedev's 5th defeat in a row against Sinner.
Jannik Sinner's last 15 matches against the TOP10:
✅ Alcaraz
✅ Medvedev
✅ Rublev
✅ Medvedev
✅ Tsitsipas
✅ Djokovic
✅ Rune
✅ Medvedev
❌ Djokovic
✅ Djokovic
✅ Rublev
✅ Djokovic
✅ Medvedev
❌ Alcaraz
✅ Medve dev
The Italian is one success away from becoming n #2 in the world. pic.twitter.com/sybYywdpzn
— Univers Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTennis) March 29, 2024
Beaten on his serve from the first game of the two sets, the Russian was constantly put under pressure on his play by Sinner, often appearing disillusioned by the superior level of play of his opponent, who for example broke him from an unthinkable winning comeback at the start of the second set. He often turned around to complain to his French coach Gilles Cervara, after several of his unforced errors, sometimes crude, in the second round.
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Sinner continues his incredible start to the season, where he has only been beaten once in 21 meetings, by Alcaraz in the semi-final at Indian Wells two weeks ago. He will face either Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov or German Alexander Zverev in the final this Sunday. This will be his third final in Miami, a tournament he has never won before. He was beaten by the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in 2021, then by Daniil Medvedev in 2023. In the event of victory, he would become world number 2 in place of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the best ranking of his career.