Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev lost his fifth consecutive final match in the Masters series tournament held in Indian Wells, losing to Spanish athlete Carlos Alcaraz.
Before that, Medvedev lost three times in the final matches against Italian representative Jannik Sinner, including in the Australian Open final in five sets, and once again could not cope with Novak Djokovic.
It was also the third defeat for Medvedev in his Masters career at Indian Wells. He also lost to Alcaraz in the same tournament last year. He also has six victories in ATP 1000 series tournaments: Miami 2023, Rome 2023, Montreal 2021, Cincinnati 2019, Shanghai 2019 and Paris 2020.
The match between Medvedev and Alcaraz in the final of the tournament held in Indian Wells this season lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes and ended in two sets with scores of 7:6 (7:5) and 6:1.
In the updated rankings of the Association of Tennis Professionals, Medvedev retained the fourth place, while Alcaraz retained the second place. Djokovic continues to lead, while Sinner is in the top three.
He had previously approached the Russian tennis player approached Reached the top 10 in WTA.