Sweeping Alcaraz! Medvedev Pursues Another Miracle, Career's Second Wave of Terrifying Winning Streak Approaches

In today's Indian Wells Masters semifinal, facing the strongest player of the post-2000 generation, Spanish player Alcaraz, former US Open champion and Russian player Medvedev showed no mercy, defeating his opponent in straight sets to advance to the Indian Wells Masters final for the third time in his career. Thus, like his final opponent Sinner, he has reached the finals in all hard court Masters tournaments.

However, perhaps many fans do not know that although Medvedev has achieved a nine-match winning streak starting from the ATP500 Dubai tournament and has won eighteen consecutive sets, this is not his longest winning streak in sets. So, when was Medvedev's longest winning streak in sets? And how many times has he won seventeen or more consecutive sets? Today, let this article take you through it.

In January 2019, Medvedev reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open; by late April, having already won a tour title that season, he advanced to his first clay court tour final at the ATP500 Barcelona tournament; in August, from reaching his first Masters final at the Rogers Cup to winning his first Masters title at the Cincinnati Masters, and then advancing to his first Grand Slam final at the US Open, Medvedev steadily progressed.

After that, from the ATP250 St. Petersburg tournament to the Paris Masters, he won nineteen consecutive sets, defeating nine players and claiming two tour titles. Unfortunately, in the second round of that year's Paris Masters, despite taking the first set, Medvedev failed to maintain his lead and was reversed by French qualifier Chardy, ending his nine-match winning streak. Nevertheless, this remains his career-longest winning streak in sets.

In 2023, Medvedev, who had already won a Grand Slam and had been world number one, unexpectedly stopped in the third round of the Australian Open and fell out of the Top 10. Facing this predicament, he was not afraid. He won five consecutive matches at the ATP500 Rotterdam tournament, claiming his first tour title of the 2023 season and returning to the Top 10.

Not satisfied with this achievement, Medvedev then started from the ATP500 Doha tournament, achieving a fourteen-match winning streak, winning back-to-back titles at the ATP500 Doha and Dubai tournaments in consecutive weeks. Although he was completely defeated in the Indian Wells Masters final by the strongest post-2000 generation player, Spanish player Alcaraz, considering that his opponent had won a Grand Slam and was ranked second in the world, perhaps losing to him was understandable.

Last month, after an early exit at the ATP500 Doha tournament, Medvedev rose again, starting from the ATP500 Dubai tournament to achieve a nine-match winning streak. He not only broke the peculiar rule of not winning the same tournament twice but also ended his four-match losing streak against Alcaraz, reaching the Indian Wells Masters final for the third time in his career. This is already his second-longest winning streak in sets in his career. So, can Medvedev go further in the final and defeat Sinner? Let us wait and see. That's today's tennis story, continue tomorrow.Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin居士