Key events
Some rather elaborate warmups taking place backstage in Turin, both players using balls to loosen the arm. Medvedev with a basketball, Alcaraz with what looks like a squash ball.
The sums are that if Alcaraz wins he goes through. Medvedev wins and that means Zverev is through if he beats Rublev. Alcaraz goes through if Rublev wins. The word is that Medvedev doesn’t much like Zverev so will he let this one go? Winning means he will he face Sinner in the semis, who happens not to be Djokovic.
A familiar face awaits in the semis.
Pre-match reading on the former Nasty Nick.
Preamble
If Daniil Medvedev gets himself into a New York State of Mind, then Carlos Alcaraz might be in big trouble. The Russian won a titanic semi-final at the US Open over the Spaniard and now they meet on his favourite surface. Medvedev has won his first two matches so far and is already in the semis. Alcaraz, having lost to Zverev, fought back to beat Rublev in his next round-robin match for a first ATP finals win. If he wins this, he joins his opponent in the weekend’s semi-finals.
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