It turns out tennis players can grow up and change, even Holger Rune. 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,

Denmark's Holger Rune snapped a seven-match semi-final losing streak to reach the Indian Wells final, beating Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-4 in a tight match on Saturday. Rune, the number 12 seed, lost to Medvedev in the quarter-finals a year ago and will next play the winner of the match between Briton Jack Draper and back-to-back defending champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.

The Dane entered Indian Wells with a mediocre 6-6 score after a couple of setbacks. However, the young gun has played well in the desert to book a place in the title clash. A year ago, Medvedev defeated Rune 7-5, 6-4 in the Indian Wells quarter-final.