Carlos Alcaraz is preparing to face his fourth semifinal of a Masters 1000. In this case it is the one of Indian Wells, eThe first of the 2023 season. It was in this tournament that he precisely played the first. It was in 2022 and he lost it to Rafael Nadal. Then he won the one in Miami, against Hurkaczand that of the Mutua Madrid Open, before Djokovic. On this occasion the clash will be against a rival against whom he will surely face many times in similar scenarios in the future: the Italian Jannik Sinner. At 21 years old, she already knows what it’s like to be in the top 10 and measure herself against the best. So far this year she has already won the title of Montpellier and has made a final in Rotterdam, a route similar to that of the 2022 US Open champion, who won in Buenos Aires and reached the final in Rio, in which he lost to Norrie, but when he was playing handicapped by physical problems.
The Spaniard has not had much luck with his physique, precisely, in recent months, but here in California he is managing to perform at his level: he has for the moment left in the ditch Kokkinakis, Griekspoor, Draper y Auger-Aliassime, against which he achieved the first victory. For his part, Sinner began his journey in the Californian desert defeating Gasket and continued with Mannarino, Wawrinka and in the quarterfinals, Taylor Fritz. Alcaraz has yet to drop a set while Jannik dropped one against the American (6-4, 4-6, 6-4).
Despite the short time that, in reality, they have both been on the circuit, it is the fourth time that they have faced each other. In 2021 they did it in the second round of Paris-Bercy, with victory of Alcaraz 7-6 and 7-5. Sinner tied in the round of 16 Wimbledon 2022 (6-1, 6-4, 6-7 and 6-3) and took the lead in the final of the 250 of Umag, on land (6-7, 6-1 and 6-1). Alcaraz achieved his second victory in the quarterfinals of the US Open that he would end up winning (6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3). This time, then, they will break the tie. Although this story will be, as we say, very long.
Before they had met in the Challenger of the Academy Equelite, Carlos Alcaraz’s base of operations. Carlos beat a Sinner 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3 that had come with 16 consecutive games.
