Alcaraz cheered in Indian Wells: 13th victory in a row!

Alcaraz cheered in Indian Wells: 13th victory in a row!

Indian Wells, USA - Carlos Alcaraz again shows his outstanding talent at the ATP 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. The 21-year-old Spaniard, who won the title in 2023 and 2024, continued his impressive series and wins the second round against the Frenchman Quentin Halys 6: 4, 6: 2. As laola1.at was in the first set: at 30:40 he had to play a risky second surcharge, but he still had to play the set secured. After the first sentence was won, the four-time Grand Slam winner lit the Turbo in the second set and gave Halys no chance, so that after only 69 minutes he could use his second match ball.

Alcaraz, who has to master his career under the pressure to defend his titles, admitted after the game that he was nervous. "It's something in my head, but I'm not really concentrating on it," he said. He sees every tournament participation as unique and emphasized that he wants to focus on improving his way of playing to return to the top. Jannik Sinner, one of the main competitors, lacks due to a suspension due to a violation of the anti-doping rules, which Alcaraz offers additional opportunities-a fact that he is aware of how tennis.com reported.

Next step

With this victory, Alcaraz celebrates his 13th victory in Indian Wells and will meet the Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the next round. The Spaniard is determined to successfully continue his title defense and at the same time to conquer the vacant space as number 1.