Tennis-Alcaraz beats Medvedev to reach Vienna final

Tennis - ATP 500 - Vienna Open - Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria - October 31, 2026 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action during his semi final match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Lisa Leutner

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Carlos ⁠Alcaraz defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-6(2) on ⁠Saturday to reach the Vienna Open final ‌for the first time, continuing his strong finish to the season.

The Spaniard reached the 37th tour-level final of his ​career and his fifth final ⁠of the year, ⁠while also recording his 25th straight ATP 500 tour ⁠victory.

Alcaraz ‌took the opening set after Medvedev double-faulted to give him set point, ⁠but the Russian responded strongly in the ​second and ‌held firm to force a tiebreak.

With neither ⁠player able ​to gain a decisive advantage, Alcaraz produced a barrage of powerful groundstrokes in the breaker to ⁠seal victory in 96 minutes.

The result ​gave the second-seeded Spaniard a measure of revenge after Medvedev handed him his first defeat of ⁠the season in the Indian Wells semi-finals in March, while also ending the Russian's seven-match winning streak.

Both players are among the four men ​who have already qualified for ⁠the season-ending ATP Finals next month.

Alcaraz will face ​either top seed Alexander Zverev ‌or Australia's Alex de Minaur ​in Sunday's final.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)

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网球 - ATP 500 - 维也纳公开赛 - 奥地利维也纳维也纳市政厅 - 2026年10月31日 西班牙选手卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯在半决赛中对阵俄罗斯选手丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫 路透社/丽莎·洛伊特纳

10 月 31 日（路透社）——卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯周六以 6-4 7-6(2) 击败丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫，首次晋级维也纳公开赛决赛，延续了他本赛季的强势收官。

这位西班牙选手职业生涯第37次打入巡回赛决赛，也是他今年的第五个决赛，同时还取得了ATP 500巡回赛25连胜。

阿尔卡拉斯在梅德韦杰夫双误后拿到盘点，拿下首盘，但俄罗斯人在第二盘强势反击，稳住阵脚，将比赛拖入抢七。

由于双方球员都未能取得决定性优势，阿尔卡拉斯在抢七局中打出一连串强劲的底线击球，最终在96分钟内锁定胜局。

这场胜利让二号种子西班牙选手梅德韦杰夫在三月份的印第安维尔斯半决赛中击败他，取得了赛季首胜，同时也终结了这位俄罗斯选手的七连胜。

这两名球员都是已经获得下个月ATP年终总决赛参赛资格的四名男子球员之一。

阿尔卡拉斯将在周日的决赛中迎战头号种子亚历山大·兹维列夫或澳大利亚选手亚历克斯·德米纳尔。

（卡兰·普拉尚特·萨克塞纳在班加罗尔报道；克莱尔·法伦编辑）

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