Carlos Alcaraz played his second game at the Indian Wells Masters 1000one of the contests marked in red on the calendar, then successful debut against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-3, 6-3). Now, it is measured to Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the third round of the Californian tournament, where he hopes to gain a footing and enter the final rounds.
‘Carlitos’ has conquered its first title of 2023, the ATP 250 of Buenos Aires, in clay. The Spanish tennis player also arrived the ATP 500 final of Rio Janeiro, where he surrendered Cameron Norrie, the one he won, also in the finals, a week earlier in Argentina.
however, Alcaraz can’t play ATP 500 in Acapulco because he ran into obvious physical problems in Brazil. The young Murcian left as the favorite in Indian Wellsmore after absence of Djokovic for not being vaccinated. However, other tennis players, especially Russian Daniel Medvedevlooms on the horizon in this first Masters 1000 of the season.
Medvedev from winning two ATP 500s (Rotterdam and Dubai), in addition to 250 from Marseille, so it is undoubtedly one of the rivals to beat. Of course, this is far from the way of ‘Carlitos’, who has a fierce rival in the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor.
the fight against Kokkinakis It can be very complicated, because the Australian has great talent, but also irregularities in his game. Alcaraz He was coming off an injury, but gave a good level from the serve and his usual aggressiveness from the bottom to clearly defeat the Australian, 6-3, 6-3.
Carlos Alcaraz was unable to play in the Australian Open due to injury, he is playing in the first of the big events of the season. The young Murcian was ahead the Indian Wells Masters 1000where last year he lost in the semifinals against Rafa Nadal, and Miamiwhere he defended his victory in 2022.
Alcaraz, who came down to second place in the ATP ranking after Novak Djokovic’s victory at the Australian Open, He has the intention of fighting to regain the privileged position in the next tournaments, although he is defending many points in them. For this reason, while waiting to see if he can continue to add to the ranking, one of his main goals is to continue to extend his record, although it will not be easy to Indian Wells. Among the beautiful favorites, that is Stefanos Tsitsipas fellwhich was removed by Jordan Thompson.
The Murcian player has up to seven ATP titles in his history, more the 2021 NextGen Finals where he warned of his imminent arrival on the front line. won the mold months before that victory in Milan and last year he raced to the titles in Rio, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and, above all, the US Open which he conquered by the end of the summer. Now look to add in indian wells another victory in his record and he needs only two more wins to achieve it.
This will be the second confrontation with Griekspoor on the ATP circuit. The Dutch tennis player is 26 years old and ranked number 36 in the ranking. Griekspoor has 13 wins and 4 losses this season, the last he achieved against Argentine Guido Pella in the first round of Indian Wells (7-6, 7-6). The winner of this duel, at the BNP Paribas Open, will face the one who emerges earlier in the British duel between Jack Draper and Andy Murray.
When is Alcaraz – Griekspoor played?
the game is played in the early hours of Monday, March 13 to Tuesday, March 14on the last turn of the center court and around 3.30-4.00 Spanish peninsular time
Where is Alcaraz – Griekspoor located?
The meeting will be visible of Movistar Sports 3 (62), dial of Movistar Plus platform. It can also be seen by the Tennis TV platform. You can follow all the information about the match and the tournament live on the Mundo Deportivo website.
Source: La Verdad
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