The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz the ticket for the quarterfinals of Indian Wells due to the british withdrawal due to injury Jack Draper in their round of 16 match.
alcaraz he had dominated the first set 6-2 from start to finish and only two games of the second set were played (2-0 for the Murcian) before Draper throw in the towel for what appeared to be abdominal discomfort after just 47 minutes of the game.
“Get well soon, Jack!!”, Alcaraz wrote on the American broadcast camera after finishing the match.
Semifinalist in 2022 of the Californian desert tournament, where he lost to his compatriot Rafa Nadal in an exciting duel, Alcaraz will seek a place in the semifinals against the winner of the quarterfinal duel between the American Tommy Paul and the canadian Happy Auger-Alsowhich was listed as one of the last meetings on the agenda of Indian Wells of this Tuesday.
Alcaraz shows very positive feelings that seems to have already left behind the hamstring injury that had left his participation in Indian Wells in question.
19-year-old Alcaraz faced another great young talent on the circuit such as Draper, 21, but the Spaniard got his game back on track very soon, breaking the first turn on serve by the British left-hander.
Undoubtedly in his game, with fantastic control of his shots and a robust service like an oak, Alcaraz controlled a first set with an iron hand that he finished off in 37 minutes.
On the other hand, Draper, who had just defeated his idol Andy Murray in the previous round, suffered a lot to secure his serve, so much so that he started the second set like the first: conceding a ‘break’ before the overwhelming game of Alcaraz.
The match did not have much more of a story as Draper was forced out of the tournament through injury soon after.
Alcaraz is the first seed in this edition of Indian Wells due to the absence of the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who is still unable to enter the US due to not being vaccinated against the coronavirus.
In this way, a victory in the first Masters 1000 of the season would come with an extra prize for the Spaniard since it would allow him to recover the number one in the world ranking, now in possession of Djokovic.
After Indian Wells, Alcaraz will have to defend the 2022 Miami title that marked his first Masters 1000 win of his brief but already brilliant career.
