Carlos Alcaraz always adds positive wherever he goes. In a fratricidal duel with Robert Baptist unprecedented in the circuit, although they have trained many times in Equelite, the Murcian beat his compatriot with a score of 6-2 and 6-0.
It was just the third donut of his career after the one obtained against Adrian Mannarino in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021 and against Peter Gojowczyk in the second round of the last US Open.
The meteoric ascent of Alcaraz He led him this Monday for the first time to the round of 16 in Indian Wellsthe first Masters 1,000 on the calendar.
Despite the fact that Bautista entered the event as eighth in the 2022 Race, thanks to results such as the Doha title, Carlos dominated from start to finish.
The tennis player from El Palmar is already eleventh in the annual ranking with a total of 680 points with 10 wins this season and a single loss in the third round of the Australian Open against Matteo Berrettini in the tie break of the tiebreak set.
He started with a ‘break’ in the opening game and repeated in the fifth round. The two had arrived in Indian Wells just in time after passing through the land of Marbella to qualify Spain for the final phase of the Davis Cup.
Bautista could not rejoin the match in the second set after committing a double fault that cost him the third break against. A fourth will arrive from an executioner who manacles him from the bottom of the track and when not with accurate left shots.
Medvedev on the horizon
The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero, who has a balance of four wins and five losses against the ‘top10’, it will be measured for the first time at a number one. In the fourth round of the Californian tournament, Daniil Medvedev may be waiting for him, who runs into Gael Monfils.
The Russian needs to reach the quarters to stay at the top of the circuit. A defeat earlier would return the ATP title to Novak Djokovic next Monday, March 21.
It should be remembered that Medvedev loses this week the 250 champion points of Marseille 2021.
