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Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Carlos Alcaraz admitted Daniil Medvedev produced an extraordinary performance after ending his 16-match winning streak at Indian Wells. The Spaniard had entered the semifinal in red-hot form during the early months of the 2026 season. But Medvedev halted that run with a straight-sets victory that left Alcaraz full of praise for his opponent.
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Carlos Alcaraz praises Daniil Medvedev after Indian Wells defeat Speaking after the match in comments shared in the post-match interview , Alcaraz admitted Medvedev delivered one of the highest-level performances he has faced. “First of all, I just have to give credit to Daniil. I think he just played an amazing match.
Since the start of the match until the end of the match, you know, the match he was playing unreal, I gotta say. I have never seen, to be honest, playing Daniil like this,” Alcaraz said. “He deserves completely the win today.
He deserves completely to get through and playing a final here. All I can say is just congratulations to him,” he added. The Russian defeated Alcaraz 6-3, 7-6(3) in the Indian Wells semifinal, ending the world No.
1’s unbeaten start to the 2026 season. The result also stopped a 16-match winning streak that had seen Alcaraz dominate the early part of the ATP calendar. Carlos Alcaraz explains what went wrong against Daniil Medvedev Alcaraz also pointed to a few key moments where the match slipped away from him.