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<\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Daniil Medvedev with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Daniil Medvedev has addressed whether he has the belief to consistently compete with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz after his run at the 2026 Indian Wells Masters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/daniil-medvedev\">Medvedev<\/a> delivered a sensational performance to beat world No 1 Alcaraz 6-3, 7-6(3) in the semi-finals in Indian Wells, which ended the Spaniard\u2019s 16-match win streak.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 US Open champion then fell 6-7(6), 6-7(4) to Sinner, the world No 2, in the championship match at the Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p>This ended Medvedev\u2019s run of nine straight wins and 18 consecutive sets that started with his title run at the Dubai Championships last month.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Russian was trying to become the first player to beat both Alcaraz and Sinner at the same tournament since Novak Djokovic at the 2023 ATP Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, a former world No 1, was ranked 11th before the start of Indian Wells, and he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/atp-rankings-sinner-closes-gap-alcaraz-medvedev-top-10-tien-top-20-tsitsipas-top-50\">climbed to 10th in the latest ATP Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-daniil-medvedev-messages-alex-eala-pressure-novak-djokovic-blow-indian-wells-miami-roundup\"><strong>Sinner and Medvedev\u2019s messages, Eala pressure, Djokovic suffers blow \u2013 Indian Wells and Miami roundup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/daniil-medvedev-message-jannik-sinner-after-indian-wells-open-final\"><strong>Daniil Medvedev makes candid 28-word statement after losing to Jannik Sinner in Indian Wells final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his press conference after his defeat to Sinner at Tennis Paradise, Medvedev was asked if he can be the player to challenge Alcaraz and Sinner on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTough to say, because I lost a lot of matches against them, and I did lose again today against Jannik,\u201d said Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that I can be a good tennis player, and I will try my best to, whoever is on the other side of the net, maybe it\u2019s Carlos and Jannik, maybe it\u2019s someone else, I will just try to play some good tennis, which I proved I can do again here, Dubai, Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s my goal, because I think in general on one-match basis, anyone can challenge them. I mean, you saw Jakub beat Jannik in Doha, you saw, well, me beat Carlos here, stuff like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo on one-match basis, a lot of guys can challenge that. I think it\u2019s not right to say it\u2019s only me or only Novak or whatever, only Sascha [Zverev].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s definitely very tough, and that\u2019s why, when you come to the end of the season, usually they have, like what, 60 wins, and I don\u2019t know, five, six losses, out of which four come from themselves, as well. So it\u2019s not easy challenge, and you just need to try your best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/atp-miami-open-points-will-alcaraz-sinner-djokovic-fritz-mensik-drop\">ATP Miami Open: How many points will Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, Fritz, Mensik drop?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev answers if he is Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s biggest rival after Indian Wells\u00a0 Ewan West 16 Mar 2026 4:45 PM Daniil Medvedev with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz inset Daniil Medvedev has addressed whether he has the belief to consistently compete with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz after his run at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1829549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1829549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1829549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1829549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1829549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}