Excellent Carlos Alcaraz. He played a great match to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells. With amazing points, because they are part of his repertoire naturally, but above all in managing every facet of the game with balance. Almost perfect tactical and precision execution.
He has a solution for everything, including strong and gusty winds. He studied the game so well, he looked forward to it with so much interest, that he stayed focused for an hour and a quarter that his qualification lasted.
It was merciless revenge, Alcaraz getting sweet revenge on his executioner at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome last season. Defeated by the current Indian Wells champion, 20 years old and world No. 2, the Hungarian Fabian Maroszan by 6-3 and 6-3.
Had a nine game winning streak in the California desert. He will look for the tenth, on Thursday, against the German Alexander Zverev his executioner at the Australian Open, or the Australian Alex de Minaur. And he reached 50 Masters 1000 ATP victories, the youngest sub-21 ever Rafael Nadal.
Carlos Alcaraz lHe is ready, having regained some of that confidence that had been waning in recent months, having suffered a poor tournament in Buenos Aires recently. A subsequent ankle injury in Rio didn’t help either.
But Indian Wells is starting to become a ‘made in Alcaraz’ place. He made it to the semis in 2022, he championed in 2023, he’s with the best in 2024. He totally disarmed Maroszan, for whom the Rome effect lasted five games, to 2-3.
A solid Alcaraz, sound on the serve (the second to the body did a lot of damage to the opponent), plethoric on the right and, above all, regular. It was a while before he finally hurt the Magyar, scoring a 5-0 run to end the opening set (6-3) and take a 1-0 lead in the second.
“Honestly, I was a bit nervous, it’s not easy to face an opponent who you beat easily in the previous match. But I kept my style of play from start to finish, I did what I had to do at every moment,” he said Alcaraz said to himself. . He immediately tamed those nerves, the positive ones, because of the promise with which he goes out on the field. They left as the punches flowed.
He studied the rival, and applied what he did to his team. When Alcaraz gets to work, without distractions or excessive adrenaline spikes, his complete tennis demands a lot from his opponent. So much for someone like Maroszan, who met another Carlos, who was in Rome (3-6, 6-7) was left between the recent victory in Madrid and the proximity of Roland Garros. Only in Indian Wells did he have eyes to be in the quarterfinals.
So confident that he raised a 15-40 with 4-2, the only two breaking points match. He avoided trouble in the second set. There is no stain. He hit 22 winners, made 17 unforced errors; Maroszan, 11 and 23, respectively. A clear dominator.
Source: La Verdad
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