Twelfth-seeded Holger Rune beat fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final. Rune will face the winner of the second semifinal between two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz,

Medvedev had reached the last two finals at the BNP Paribas Open, but the 21-year-old Rune took out the veteran Saturday

Clearly tired of losing big matches to more accomplished players, Rune, the 21-year-old from Denmark who has yet to fulfill the promise of his first seasons, played one of the most mature and thoughtful matches of his still young career in the semifinal of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells against two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev.