Sinner outlasts Alcaraz in duel to reach Miami final

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Italian 10th seed Jannik Sinner stunned world number one Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 in an epic Miami Open semi-final duel on Friday.
Sinner needed everything in his arsenal to beat the defending champion in a rematch of their Indian Wells semi- final and delivered with more than two dozen winners to set up a meeting with Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final.
Up a break in the first set, the 10th seed brought the crowd to its feet when he survived an extraordinary 25-shot rally in the seventh game, sending Alcaraz flailing to the ground with a sensational backhand winner, but handed Alcaraz a break point minutes later.
They traded breaks in the final two games of the set and Alcaraz closed the tie break with an ace. But the Spaniard could not hang onto the momentum and he ceded Sinner a break point with a wild shot out of bounds in the opening game of the second set.
Alcaraz broke Sinner on the third try in the fourth game but was scathed in the effort, landing hard on his left hand, and later met with a trainer at his bench.
The incident took its toll as Sinner broke Alcaraz to love in the ninth game, ending the US Open champion’s 21-set unbeaten streak.
Alcaraz returned from a lengthy break in the locker room depleted and he suffered through leg cramps that left him shuffling around the court early in the third set.
Sinner converted on a break point chance in the opening game and Alcaraz was left wincing as he suffered another fall onto his left hand while diving for a serve in the sixth game.
Sinner converted on another break point in the penultimate game and thrust his fists to the air triumphantly after clinching it with a forehand winner.