Indian Wells, Alcaraz goes fast: victory in two sets with Marozsan. Tsitsipas eliminated

Ordinary afternoon for Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard takes revenge on the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan – after the surprise defeat at the Italian Internationals – and reaches the quarter-finals in the Masters-1000 of Indian Wells: 6-3 6-3 the score in favor of the number 2 of the world, which further extends its stay in the second position of the ranking. The opponent in the quarterfinals will emerge from the intriguing match between Sascha Zverev and Alex De Minaur.

the match

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A solid performance on serve and effective in return, especially on the opponent’s second serve: Alcaraz convinces under the California sun. Carlos finds confirmation match after match, news that is not to be taken for granted considering the ankle injury suffered in the first round of the Rio de Janeiro tournament: after losing the first set in the debut match against Matteo Arnaldi, the boy from Murcia left smooth, first against Auger-Aliassime (6-2 6-3) and now against a boy with whom he had a score to settle. Two breaks in the first set, one in the second with two balls from the immediate counterbreak canceled out with authority, playing with the personality that belongs to him. Alcaraz is there, in the quarter-finals the bar will inevitably be raised.

tsitsipas out

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From the first part of the American day comes some important news: Stefanos Tsitsipas bids farewell to Indian Wells. The Greek, who recently left the top-10, was defeated too easily by the interesting Jiri Lehecka with a score of 6-2 6-4: the world number 32 is in the quarter-finals of a Masters for the first time -1000. Above all, he could be Jannik Sinner’s next opponent: in the event of a victory tonight against Ben Shelton, the South Tyrolean will challenge the Czech player, also born in 2001. No Rublev, no Tsitsipas: Sinner’s hypothetical scoreboard has been turned upside down.