Carlos Alcaras preparation for next super match.
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CA — Indian Wells. As the top seed left in the men’s bracket, second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz defeated Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to exact revenge and advance to the BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals.
Day after world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was taken out by “lucky loser” Luca Nardi in the third round at Indian Wells, Alcaraz defeated the Hungarian with ease, eliminating him from the Italian Open in May. In the third round in Rome, Marozsan, then ranked No. 135 in the world, defeated Alcaraz, who was on the verge of assuming the top rank, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Marozsan was a qualifier.
To be honest, I was anxious before the game. “I won’t lie,” Alcaraz declared. “Playing against an opponent who has defeated you… I knew what needed to be done today.
Jannik Sinner, the winner of the Australian Open, defeated Ben Shelton on Tuesday for his 18th straight victory, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Beginning 2024 with a 15-match winning streak, the third-ranked Italian has won trophies in Melbourne and Rotterdam. The 22-year-old Sinner became the first player born in the 2000s to win 150 games on hard courts with that accomplishment.
Before a net cord saved Shelton, Sinner had a set point, leading 40-30 in the first and 5-4 in the second. Sinner then needed an additional fifteen minutes to finish the first set; in the second, he went
