No player has been able to win an event with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the same draw in nearly two years. Daniil Medvedev took out half of the men’s tennis duopoly on Saturday, but on a balmy Sunday afternoon inside Stadium 1, the former World No. 1 couldn’t push through the other.

Sinner defeated the former World No. 1 with a pitch-perfect performance, 7-6(6), 7-6(4), to win his first title in the California desert and stretch his run of consecutive sets won at Masters 1000 events to 22.

Only one player, Novak Djokovic, has managed more.

“We came here very early to prepare, and now it’s even more special holding this beautiful trophy,” Sinner said at the podium after raising the Baccarat crystal trophy for the first time.

With his triumph, Sinner became the first man in history to win back-to-back Masters 1000 titles without dropping a single set. The formidable Italian also completed the set of six Masters 1000 titles — Indian Wells, Miami, Canada, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris — and became the first Italian man to record 100 Masters 1000 match wins.

“First of all I want to start with Daniil and your team,” Sinner said, turning his thoughts to his opponent after the hard-fought victory. “It’s great to see you back playing at this kind of level. Keep going and keep pushing.”

Both players were pushing from the onset of this high-quality final.

Fifty-one minutes of quickfire tennis brought the pair to a first-set tiebreak.

With Medvedev playing the same brand of quick-strike tennis that carried him past Alcaraz in Saturday’s semifinal, points were hotly contested throughout the set. After a flurry of short points in the tiebreak, the first mini-break went to Sinner, giving the 24-year-old a set point on his serve at 7-6.

An unreturnable serve, and the opener was done in 60 minutes.

The second set followed a similar pattern. Power, pace and precision — both players trading blows and holding serve. And, of course, a few for the highlight reels.

At 2-2, 30-0 in set two, Sinner cracked a forehand down the line with such ferocity that Andre Agassi, sitting courtside for the final as he celebrated the 25th anniversary of his lone title in the desert, put his hands to his head in disbelief.

It is the type of jaw-dropping tennis the Italian has made his calling card over the last three seasons. The type of tennis that made Sunday’s challenge too tall a mountain to climb for Medvedev.

Though the 30-year-old continued to strike his groundstrokes like clockwork — remarkably matching Sinner in pace and precision from the baseline — he still couldn’t manage a break against Sinner’s vaunted serve.

There was a window for Medvedev as he jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second-set tiebreak, but pure class from Sinner extinguished all hope.

With late-afternoon shadows finally crossing one corner of the court, the Italian found his very best when he needed it and raced off with the final seven points of the contest to close the final in one hour and 55 thrilling minutes.

“Amazing tennis,” Medvedev said on court after the final, before praising both Sinner and Alcaraz. “Tough to play against you — I tried my best.

“I was happy to not let Carlos play you again. I love watching you guys, love what you do — go for it, continue winning and never stop.”

Sinner improves to 9-1 in his last 10 meetings with Medvedev, and 9-7 overall. He lifts his 25th ATP title and joins Djokovic and Alcaraz as one of three active male players with 25 or more titles.