Alcaraz reaches first Vienna final, to face de Minaur after Zverev upset

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-6(2) on Saturday to reach the Vienna Open final ​for the first time, with the Spaniard joined by ‌Australian Alex de Minaur who upset Alexander Zverev.

Alcaraz reached the 37th tour-level final of his career and his fifth final of the year while extending ​his ATP 500 winning streak to 25 matches.

The second ​seed took the opening set after Medvedev double-faulted to hand ⁠him set point, but the Russian responded strongly in the ​second 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 Alcaraz a measure of revenge ​after Medvedev handed him his first defeat of the season ​in the Indian Wells semi-finals in March, and ended the Russian’s seven-match winning streak.

Both players ‌are ⁠among the four men who have already qualified for next month’s ATP Finals.

De Minaur earned one of the biggest wins of his career, defeating world number one elect Zverev 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) ​to reach the ​Vienna final ⁠for the first time.

The Australian improved to 10-0 indoors this season, kept alive his hopes of ​qualifying for next month’s ATP Finals and advanced to ​the ⁠23rd tour-level final of his career.

De Minaur halted Zverev’s winning run and denied the German a place in the final days after ⁠it was ​confirmed he would move top of the ​world rankings on Monday.

Alcaraz and De Minaur will meet in Sunday’s final.