Carlos Alcaraz leaves Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal behind

Carlos Alcaraz is looking for his third consecutive Indian Wells crown this week. The 21-year-old hopes to hitch Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on the listing of gamers with three straight titles within the desert. Earlier than that, Carlos collected one other notable file on the season’s first Masters 1000 occasion.

The Spaniard is 18-2 in his opening 20 encounters in Tennis Paradise, changing into the primary participant to realize that for the reason that begin of the Masters 1000 collection in 1990! Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal stood on 17-3 at that checkpoint, and the younger gun bested their file.

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An 18-year-old Alcaraz debuted at Indian Wells in October 2021. He fell within the second spherical to Andy Murray regardless of taking the opening set. With a shedding begin, Carlos has needed to work laborious to embrace an 18-2 rating within the desert within the upcoming years.

The Spaniard reached the semi-final in 2022, notching his first notable consequence at this occasion. He ousted 4 rivals in straight units and organized the semi-final conflict with Rafael Nadal. They embraced a large battle, and the extra skilled Spaniard prevailed after three hours and 12 minutes!

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It stays Carlos’ most up-to-date loss in Indian Wells! The younger gun lifted a trophy in 2023 over Jack Draper, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev. The Spaniard toppled the Russian 6-3, 6-2 within the title conflict for his first trophy within the desert.

He embraced one other nice run final 12 months, besting the rivals from the highest and lengthening his streak. Carlos collected three straight top-6 wins over Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev to safe back-to-back Indian Wells crowns.

Carlos beat Daniil 7-6, 6-1 for a 16-2 rating within the desert. He elevated it to 18-2 following two wins in this 12 months’s marketing campaign. The 21-year-old defeated Quentin Halys and Denis Shapovalov in straight units, enhancing his successful streak at this match to 14.

The Spaniard didn’t lose a set within the opening two encounters, and he would be the favourite versus Grigor Dimitrov within the final 16. World no. 3 is chasing his first Masters 1000 in a 12 months, lifting his fifth trophy in Indian Wells earlier than shedding floor a bit.