INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz avenged a earlier loss to Fabian Marozsan, profitable 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to achieve 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 Could. Marozsan was a qualifier and the No. 135 participant on this 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 am not going to lie,” Alcaraz mentioned. “Enjoying in opposition to somebody that beat you. … As we speak I knew what I needed to do.”
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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 received 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 turned first participant born within the 2000s to achieve that milestone.
Sinner had a set level, up 5-4 and 40-30 within the first, earlier than Shelton was saved by a internet wire. 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 dropping the primary set to Alex De Minaur and received 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
On the ladies’s aspect, 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 beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-4, 6-1, and Anastasia Potapova defeated Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
