Indian Wells Masters tennis pick and prediction: Alcaraz vs. Sinner

What is already an amazing matchup and figures to be tennis’ best rivalry of the next decade will add another chapter when Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner collide in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday afternoon.

The head-to-head series is all tied up at 4-4, with Sinner leading 4-3 on the main tour (Alcaraz won a 2019 Challenger contest on the red clay of Alicante). They have faced each other once in Indian Wells, also in the semifinals just last season–when Alcaraz prevailed 7-6(4), 6-3. Sinner, however, has since turned the tide. The third-ranked Italian won 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 at the 2023 Miami Open and 7-6(4), 6-1 this past fall in Shanghai.