The Indian Wells Masters 1000 was launchedone of the most prestigious events of the season and which brings together the best tennis players in the world. Some players arrive with everything to add, while others will be forced to retain units from 2023 to avoid losing ground in the classification. This last case is that of the Spanish Carlos Alcarazdefending champion of the contest, who He will have a hot fight with Jannik Sinner (3rd) to see who gets the No. 2 in the ATP ranking.
Alcaraz and Sinner compete for world No. 2 in Indian Wells. AP
The Murcian tennis player, who began the year with defeats in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, in the semifinals of the ATP in Buenos Aires and stumbled in his debut in Rio de Janeiro (he abandoned due to injury in the second game), He absolutely needs to reach the quarterfinals in Indian Wells to have the opportunity to prevent the Italian from unseating him from the No. 2 spot..
Sinner, who lost to Alcaraz in the semifinals of this same tournament last year, is going through the best moment of his career and with an incredible record of 25 games won in the last 26 played (12-0 in 2024) and two titles so far in the calendar (Australian Open and Rotterdam), he has a great chance to be second behind Novak Djokovic in the ATP.
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The young Spaniard defends 1000 units of the 2023 title, while the Italian needs to maintain the 360 of the semifinals. Therefore, with those points that are erased, the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero would be left with 7805 units against the 7910 of the one born in San Candido.
Both will start early in the draw and emerge, along with Novak Djokovic, as the great candidates for the crown. Alcaraz will debut against the winner of the match between the French Luca Van Assche (86º) and the Italian Matteo Arnaldi (40th)while Sinner will do the same against the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (99º) or the American Marcos Giron (48th).
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2024-03-06 19:00:44
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