Carlos Alcaraz reclaims the men's number-one ranking after his tournament victory in Indian Wells, while Elena Rybakina avenges her Australian Open defeat to Aryna Sabalenka in the women's decider.
abc.net.au/news/indian-wells-finals-carlos-alcaraz-elena-rybakina/102119750Carlos Alcaraz has reclaimed the men's number-one ranking following his tournament win in Indian Wells, while Elena Rybakina has avenged her Australian Open defeat to Aryna Sabalenka with victory in the women's final.
Russian fifth seed Medvedev — who was looking to add another title to the ones he collected in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai over the past month — was unable to stop the bleeding and had no answer for Alcaraz's brilliance the rest of the way.Alcaraz broke to love in the first game of the second set and held at love for a 2-0 lead, as a resigned Medvedev dropped 10 consecutive points dating back to the first frame.
The victory marked the third ATP Masters 1000 trophy for 19-year-old Alcaraz, who became the youngest world number one last September when he won the US Open and held that spot for 20 weeks until Djokovic reclaimed it in January following his Australian Open triumph.Wimbledon champion Rybakina beat a misfiring Sabalenka 7-6 , 6-4 less than two months after their clash in the Australian Open final.
Rybakina — who beat defending champion and world number one Iga Świątek to reach the final — dropped serve when Sabalenka landed a forehand lob just inside the baseline for a 3-2 lead followed by a routine hold that gave the Belarusian control.But Rybakina refused to back down and immediately held at love to steady the ship, before Sabalenka handed back the break with an untimely double fault that levelled the match at 4-4 from where the duo remained on serve to force a tiebreaker.
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