Indian Wells, Tsitsipas and Zverev crollano. In the semifinals Basilashvili and Fritz

The stars are falling. Stefanos Tsitsipas greets California. The Greek, number 3 in the FedEx ranking, who had overtaken Fabio Fognini in the third round, lost in three sets 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells. The 29-year-old Georgian thus qualifies for the first semifinal of his career in a Masters 1000 where he will meet the American Taylor Fritz who eliminated Alexander Zverev. The German suffered the comeback of the executioner of the Italians Berrettini and Sinner, losing after more than two hours to 4-6 6-3 7-6. In the upper part of the scoreboard, however, the semifinal between Grigor Dimitrov and Cameron Norrie with Jannik Sinner interested spectator. Basilashvili’s previous major win, world number 36, was the final of the 2018 Beijing tournament, when he overtook Juan Martin Del Potro.

Medvedev is a farm

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Tsitsipas and Zverev are two other excellent victims of the tournament that saw Daniil Medvedev’s departure against a surprising Grigor Dimitrov. The Russian number 2 in the world, winner of the US Open against Novak Djokovic, who prevented the Grand Slam, admitted that he felt rather tired. For this reason he will not play in the home tournament, in Moscow, preferring to recover better for the Masters 1000 in Paris Bercy and the Nitto Atp Finals in Turin. “I’m sorry – Medvedev wrote in Russian on social media -, this year I will not be at the Kremlin Cup. I feel that I would not be 100%. Of course it is a difficult decision, but it is necessary to take it in order to try to finish the season in the best possible way. of the ways “.