Tennis
First Masters quarterfinals for the terrible Alcarath
Carlos Alcarath convinced against Monfils and secured the ticket for the appointment with Nori in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells.
Two months before his 19th birthday, Carlos Alcarath became the youngest quarterfinalist at the 1989 BNP Paribas Open after 17-year-old Michael Chang. The charismatic Spaniard put on another great performance and defeated Gael Monfils 7: 5, 6: 1 and thus qualified for the first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals of his career.
It was Alcarath’s third straight set win at Indian Wells after a stunning win over McDonald (6-3, 6-3) and Roberto Bautista Agut (6-2, 6-0).
“means a lot to me There is something very special about qualifying for your first Quarterfinals at Masters. I’m very proud of the level of my play in this tournament. I love this tournament and to be in the quarter-finals is very nicehe said shortly afterwards.
It was Alcarath’s 11th win in 12 games this season (11-1), with the 18-year-old from Murcia clinching the Rio Open (ATP 500) title. This is his only loss to Matteo Beretini in five sets in the 3rd round of the 2022 Australian Open.
Alcarath’s pressure from the baseline paid off in game 11 (6-5) of the opening set and after successfully serving for the lead he had no particular problems and achieved ultimate dominance over 35-year-old Monfis after 1 hour and 18 minutes .
Alcarath didn’t have to save his opponent’s break point in the match.
In Thursday’s quarter-finals, the Spaniard will meet defending champion Cameron Nori, who defeated Jenson Brooksby 6-2, 6-4.
Andrei Rublev secured the ticket to the quarterfinals with his difficult 7:6 (5), 6:4 victory over Hubert Hurkats and thus sealed the appointment with Grigor Dimitrov in the “8”.
On Thursday the first two quarterfinals will take place: Nadal-Kyrgios (00:00GR) and Alkarath-Nori (03:00GR).
Source: Tennis24
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