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

The stars are falling. Stefanos Tsitsipas greets California. The Greek, number 3 on the FedEx ranking list, who overtook 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. Thus, the 29-year-old Georgian qualifies for the first semifinal of his career at the Masters 1000, where he will meet the American Taylor Fritz, who eliminated Alexander Zverev. The German suffered the return of Italian executioners Berrettini and Sinner, losing after more than two hours by 4-6 6-3 7-6. In the upper part of the scoreboard, however, the semifinals between Grigor Dimitrov and Cameron Norrie with Jannik Sinner interested the spectators. Basilashvili’s previous big victory, world number 36, was the final of the tournament in Beijing in 2018, when he overtook Juan Martin Del Potro.

Medvedev is a farm

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Tsitsipas and Zverev are two more great victims of the tournament, which saw the departure of Daniil Medvedev against the surprising Grigor Dimitrov. The No. 2 Russian in the world, the winner of the US Open against Novak Djokovic, who prevented the Grand Slam, admitted that he feels quite tired. For that reason, he will not play in the domestic tournament in Moscow, he will rather recover better for the Masters 1000 in Paris Berci and the Nitto Atp final in Turin. “I’m sorry – Medvedev wrote in Russian on social media -, I will not be in the Kremlin Cup this year. I feel I would not be 100%. Of course it is a difficult decision, but it is necessary to try to finish the season at its best. way.