Daniil Medvedev continued his profitable run by defeating Frances Tiafoe to succeed in his first BNP Paribas Open last in Indian Wells.
The previous world No 1 arrived within the Californian desert having gained successive tournaments in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai and he has maintained that kind impressively.
American Tiafoe saved seven match factors in a spirited ending to the primary semi-final however ultimately fell to a 7-5, 7-6 (4) defeat as Medvedev made it 19 victories in a row.
The Russian, who harm his ankle and thumb in falls in his final two matches, broke serve within the eleventh recreation of the opening set, and seemed properly on his approach to victory with one other break to begin the second.
Tiafoe, who knocked out Britain’s Cameron Norrie within the quarter-finals, was hanging on as he saved three match factors serving at 3-5. That seemed to be delaying the inevitable however Medvedev tightened up and twice did not serve it out, together with from 40-0 at 6-5.
The group roared the American on, and he battled again from 1-5 down within the tie-break to 4-5 earlier than Medvedev lastly made it throughout the road.
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Medvedev will play the winner of the second semi-final, between high seed Carlos Alcaraz and eleventh seed Jannik Sinner, which was happening on Saturday evening.
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