Carlos Alcaraz leaves Dua Lipa looking unimpressed | Sports News

Celebrity megastar Dua Lipa seemed much less than impressed with what she noticed within the first set between Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev.

In Alcaraz’s semifinal matchup in opposition to Medvedev, it appeared as if the Russian star had the Spanish celebrity’s quantity, getting an early benefit over the 22-year-old. Medvedev received the primary set 6-3 as followers within the stands watched on because the star did something he needed in opposition to his youthful opponent.

With the Russian star main 30-0 and up 4-1 within the first set, cameras noticed the musician looking one as Alcaraz confronted a deficit. Fans on social media shortly ran with the second, stating that they believed the celebrity singer was not a fan of what she noticed from Alcaraz.

“Dua Lipa is not impressed with Alcaraz’s first set,” a post learn on X. Another commentator added: “She is making him nervous.”

The second set was more aggressive between the 2, although it was clear the momentum Medvedev constructed within the first set was an excessive amount of for Alcaraz to beat, being saddled together with his first loss of the yr. In the tip, Medvedev superior to the ultimate to face Jannik Sinner, with the 2 males having a likelihood to win their first Indian Wells title.

After beating Alcaraz 6-3, 7(7)-6(3), Medvedev took a second to elucidate what his recreation plan was and how he felt, figuring out that he had simply defeated the No. 1 males’s participant on this planet. “Yeah, honestly great feeling,” he started instantly after his win. “I mean playing someone like Carlos, as I said on the court, you play many times, you lose many times.

“He’s an wonderful participant with wonderful pictures, protection, assault, serve, return, the whole lot. So you need to be at your best and I used to be. I used to be serving great. I imply I served, I saved one or two set factors.

“I said one or two break points the game before, so I was hanging in in the second set as I could, but playing great tennis and super happy to beat someone as strong as him.”

And whereas Dua Lipa may need been disenchanted with the end result, Medvedev’s win is a consequence of his preparation in opposition to Alcaraz, as earlier than the semifinal conflict, the star defined how he may beat the Spaniard. “I feel like the court is a bit faster since the two times I have played him. The balls are different. So I feel like it’s a good chance to try to, you know, to show my best tennis against him,” he reflected.

“But he’s the toughest opponent we have right now, him and Jannik [Sinner], maybe a bit debatable who is the toughest. So it’s a very tough opponent, and if it’s him, I need to show my absolute best and try to beat him.”