World number three Jannik Sinner will face defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals of the Miami Open\u2013a rematch of the Australian Open final won by Sinner and last year\u2019s Miami title match.
\nSinner moved into the last four in emphatic style on Wednesday, beating Czech Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-2 before Medvedev overcame a stern test against Chilean Nicolas Jarry before emerging with a 6-2, 7-6 (9\/7) win.
\nItaly\u2019s Sinner, who rallied from two sets down to beat Medvedev and claim his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, will play in his fourth semi of the season after dealing with lively Machac in 91 minutes.
\nSinner broke the opening game serve from the Czech but Machac responded immediately to make it 1-1.
\nThe crowd were on their feet to appreciate some brilliant defensive play from Sinner who eventually took charge of the set, breaking to go 4-3 up and then closing out.
\nThe second set was more straightforward with Sinner breaking in the third game and never looking back.
\nDespite the comfortable margin of the win, Sinner said Machac deserved praise for his energetic and aggressive performance.
\n\u201cHe has an incredible talent. He is super fast, also physically he is in great shape,\u201d said the world number three.
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t know exactly what to expect today. The first games I was looking a little bit at what kind of tactics could work or not,\u201d he added.
\n\u201cI played good, especially in the important moments of the match, which makes it\u2026 the scoreboard, you see the score, but it\u2019s sometimes lying. Today was a little bit like that,\u201d said Sinner.
\nMedvedev ran away with the first set against Jarry, who was slow out of the blocks.
\nBut the second set was a different story with the Chilean, roared on by heavily Latin American crowd, finding his big serve.
\nThe pair were inseparable, with plenty of entertaining rallies, until the tiebreaker.
\nMedvedev missed a chance to win the match at 6-5 up when he came to the net for a routine conversion on match point but found the net\u2013prompting a huge roar from the Chilean fans.
\nA thumping ace from Jarry made it 7-7 but it was followed with a poor effort which flew long and then on the third match point Medvedev wrapped up the win.
\n\u201cIn the first set I feel like I was playing good level, but nothing extra and it was enough to win, so I was happy about it,\u201d said Medvedev.
\n\u201cThen he managed to play much better. It was tough rallies, tough points, he served better and yeah, it was a matter of a few points on the tiebreak like it is sometimes in tennis,\u201d he said.
\nThe Russian appeared to enjoy the extra spice provided by the Chilean fans in the stadium. \u201cTo be honest I was ready for it and I was expecting worse, when I say worse (I mean) more cheering fans supporting him.
\n\u201cIt was a pretty good atmosphere, you know even many times the referee was saying like players are ready, but I was like I don\u2019t care, it\u2019s actually not too bad, I\u2019ve seen worse,\u201d he said.
\nMedvedev said he is looking forward to resuming battle with Sinner after his five-set loss in Melbourne.
\n\u201cI won the first two sets \u2014 which would be enough in Miami,\u201d he quipped.
\n\u201cBut for sure this match is going to be different. I am sure he will adapt again and I am going to talk to my team and see what I can do better.
\n\u201cI\u2019m going to go out there, 100 percent ready to win and to make his life tough,\u201d said the Russian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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