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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 11, 2026 at 12:11 pm

   It’s a rarity that a pair players repeat the same scoreline facing each other, in case of these two players not only the same scoreline has been repeated, but also the progress of both finals – in both Sinner seemed to be better before the tie-breaks, and he confirmed it in them, however, at Indian Wells he was close to lose both breakers. These two finals are separated by 2.5 years, and the guys were completely different players competing in both. As they met in China, Medvedev led 6:0 in their H2H being a much more accomplished player; when they met in the United States, Sinner already had an 8:7 H2H edge over the Russian with so many successes under his belt that it’s pretty safe to claim ‘no matter what would he achieve in the future, he already secured for himself a better position in tennis history than five years older Medvedev’… Medvedev [3] had his only BP chance in Beijing at 2-all in the opener, Sinner [7] was attacking the net a lot, and didn’t dwell on missed overheads – he finished the final with two forehand cross-court winners. Certainly it’s one of the most important wins on his way to become the best player in the world.
   In the Californian scorching sun, the match didn’t feature many interesting baseline rallies like in Beijing. Sinner [2] tremendously improved his serve in 2025, and during that Indian Wells final he was mainly focused on holding – Medvedev led 30/0 twice as a receiver. In the first tie-break Medvedev [11] could have played a forehand volley as he led 5:4* but decided to leave the ball which landed before the sideline giving Sinner a forehand winner. In the 2nd tie-break Medvedev led 4:0 after Sinner’s double fault when the Italian indicated some problems with his arm. Quite remarkably he managed to win the following seven points! Medvedev had lost his charm of a top player in 2025, it seemed unlikely he’d play another big final in his career, but he changed his coach after the US Open ’25, also his tactics, trying to serve a bit slower, generating more energy for aggressive baseline rallies, and after claiming the Dubai title he advanced to the Indian Wells final having won 18 sets in a row (!), being close to lose only the last one on the streak (he saved a set point against Alcaraz during the 6-3, 7-6 semifinal victory)… Medvedev had lost his first all-tie-break final in Washington ’19.

   Points won by each set in Beijing: | 44-39, 39-31 |
   Unreturned serves:
   22 % Sinner – 17 of 75
   29 % Medvedev – 23 of 78

   Sinner’s route to his 9th title:
   1 Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3
   2 Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-0
   Q Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
   S Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(4), 6-1
   W Daniil Medvedev 7-6(2), 7-6(2)

   Serve & volley: Sinner 9/11, Medvedev 1/1

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   Points won by each set at Indian Wells: | 44-41, 40-34 |
   Unreturned serves:
   38 % Sinner – 28 of 72
   22 % Medvedev – 22 of 87

   Sinner’s route to his 25th title:
   2 Dalibor Svrcina 6-1, 6-1
   3 Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2
   4 Joao Fonseca 7-6(6), 7-6(4)
   Q Learner Tien 6-1, 6-2
   S Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-4
   W Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

   Serve & volley: Sinner 1/1, Medvedev 0

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