Olympic champion Alexander Zverev is in the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells tennis masters tournament for the second time in his career. Angelique Kerber, however, was eliminated on Tuesday (March 12, 2024, local time).
The 26-year-old Zverev from Hamburg won his round of 16 match against Australian Alex de Minaur 5:7, 6:2, 6:3 after 2:47 hours. In the round of the last eight, Zverev will face Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard, number two in the world rankings, had no trouble winning 6:3, 6:3 against Hungary’s Fabian Maroszan.
Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner from Italy defeated the American Ben Shelton 7:6 (7:4), 6:1.
Kerber has no chance against Wozniacki
Three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber missed out on making it to the quarter-finals of the women’s competition. In the duel between the returnees, the 36-year-old lost to the Danish Caroline Wozniacki 4:6, 2:6.
Kerber celebrated her comeback after pregnancy at the beginning of the year.
Zverev: “Best game in wind”
Zverev is playing against Alcaraz for his first semi-final at the hard court tournament in California. His biggest success so far in Indian Wells was reaching the quarter-finals in 2021.
He also defied the conditions against de Minaur. “I can’t remember ever having a better match in the wind than today,” he said and self-critically noted: “When you’re a set and a break behind, you have to think about whether you want to continue playing or whether you’re in I had to leave the pitch for 20 minutes. I had to play differently on both sides and I did that well today.”
Krawietz/Pütz in the semi-finals
In the men’s doubles competition, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz can still hope for the title. The number seven seeded German doubles team won against the British-Dutch duo Lloyd Glasspool and Jean-Julien Rojer 6:3, 5:7, 10:8 and is now in the semi-finals.
2024-03-13 06:54:54
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