King of the Desert and No. 1 in the Alkarath World

Carlos Alcarath did everything he wanted in the final against Daniil Medvedev as the 19-year-old Spaniard won his first California title and 8th of his career 6-3, 6-2 in just 70 minutes while he has not played since Monday (20 /3) returns to number 1 in the world rankings.

With an incredible performance, Alkarath ended his wild run at this year’s Indian Wells in the best way, winning his 3rd Masters and also his 8th title in a total of 10 finals while breaking Medvedev’s winning streak (19).

With three titles in as many Finals, Alkarath became the 3rd player in history after Courier (5) and Davydenko (3) to have 100% in the Masters Finals while being the first to win at least two Sunshine Doubles titles won before retiring 20 years.

“Reading”, focused, mentally impenetrable, Alkarath left no doubts about Medvedev, who finished the match with only 5 winners while the Spaniard had more than three times as many (18).

The Spaniard spent a staggering 76% of first serves and won 81% of the points (30/37), while it’s worth noting that at no point in the final scene was he threatened with a break point while capitalizing on all three break chances that the game saw had.

The start of the final was explosive for Alakarat, who won the first three games (3-0) against his opponent by just three points. After a difficult hold, Medvedev took his first game down to 3-1.

No one threatened from there, the Spaniard completed the set in 36 minutes and took a 1-0 lead in the final.

The 2nd leg of the final became even more difficult for Medvedev, whose serve dropped from 71% to 50% of points won behind the first serve.

Alkarath will break Medvedev’s serve twice and make it 4-0 with two more holds while the pitch clock shows just 54 minutes! From that point forward, Alkarath will hold serve and claim a major win and important title.

Source: Tennis24