INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz avenged a earlier loss to Fabian Marozsan, successful 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to succeed in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open as the highest remaining seed within the males’s draw.
A day after “fortunate loser” Luca Nardi surprised No. 1 Novak Djokovic within the third spherical at Indian Wells, Alcaraz superior simply over the Hungarian who ousted him from the Italian Open in Might. Marozsan was a qualifier and the No. 135 participant on the planet when he upset Alcaraz — then on the verge of taking the highest spot within the rankings — 6-3, 7-6 (4) within the third spherical in Rome.
“Truthfully, I used to be nervous earlier than the match. I’m not going to lie,” Alcaraz stated. “Enjoying towards somebody that beat you. … As we speak I knew what I needed to do.”
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner beat Ben Shelton 7-6 (4), 6-1 later Tuesday for his 18th consecutive victory. The third-ranked Italian has gained 15 matches in a row to start out 2024, claiming titles at Melbourne and Rotterdam. It was the one hundred and fiftieth hard-court victory for the 22-year-old Sinner, who grew to become first participant born within the 2000s to succeed in that milestone.
Sinner had a set level, up 5-4 and 40-30 within the first, earlier than Shelton was saved by a internet twine. It then took Sinner one other quarter-hour to shut out the primary set; within the second, he went up 3-0 and coasted to the victory.
Sinner superior to the quarterfinals to play Jiri Lehecka, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Alcaraz, the defending champion at Indian Wells, dropped the primary set in his opening match this yr however has misplaced simply 12 video games within the different six units. He’ll face Alexander Zverev, who rallied after shedding the primary set to Alex de Minaur and gained 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
On the ladies’s facet, top-seeded Iga Swiatek had a 6-1, 6-2 win over Yulia Putintseva, Caroline Wozniacki beat Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-2 in a contest between two former No. 1-ranked gamers, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk fended off Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4, 6-1, and Anastasia Potapova defeated Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
