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Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina remained on course for the rare ‘Sunshine Double’ by progressing at the Miami Open.<\/span><\/p>\n Tenth seed Rybakina reached the women’s final by beating world number three Jessica Pegula 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n World number one Alcaraz brushed aside American ninth seed Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-2 to make the men’s semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n They are bidding to become the eighth man and fifth woman to follow victory at Indian Wells with the Miami title.<\/span><\/p>\n Kazakhstan’s Wimbledon champion Rybakina, who beat Aryna Sabalenka in the Indian Wells final last week, has now won 13 consecutive matches. <\/span><\/p>\n She will play Czech Petra Kvitova or Romania’s Sorana Cirstea in Saturday’s final.<\/span><\/p>\n Defending men’s champion Alcaraz, who must win the title to stay top of the rankings, will play Italian Jannick Sinner in the last four on Friday – the two played a <\/span>five-hour epic quarter-final at last year’s US Open<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n It will be a sixth meeting between the pair – the Spaniard leads the head-to-head 3-2 – in what is seen as one of the best burgeoning rivalries in the men’s game.<\/span><\/p>\n “I [am] happy to play against him again because I look forward to these kind of matches,” Sinner said. “I feel like he makes me a better player.”<\/span><\/p>\n In the other side of the men’s draw is former world number one Daniil Medvedev, who continued his fine form with a straight-set win over American qualifier Christopher Eubanks in the quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n The fourth seed won 6-3 7-5 in a commanding performance and will play fellow Russian Karen Khachanov. <\/span><\/p>\n Khachanov won 6-3 6-2 against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.<\/span><\/p>\n “We grew up together,” Khachanov said. <\/span><\/p>\n “Every time Daniil plays against Andrey [fellow Russian Andrey Rublev], or I play against Andrey or Daniil, it’s never easy because we know each other pretty well and we are good friends outside of the court.”<\/span><\/p>\n Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, has won 22 of his past 23 matches and beating Eubanks enabled him to reach the semi-finals at a fifth straight ATP event.<\/span><\/p>\n After winning consecutive titles in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai, Medvedev was beaten in the Indian Wells final by Alcaraz.<\/span><\/p>\nMedvedev on course for a fifth straight final<\/h3>\n