Indian Wells Masters 2023 is in the sprint. This morning, March 17, the remaining matches were in the quarterfinals of men's singles and women. In particular, both the number one seed Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek played.
In this round, Swiatek encountered the Sorana Cirstea – Romanian tennis player currently ranked 83 in the world. With superior class, the No. 1 seed does not take much time to win after 2 sets. The set ratios are 6-2, 6-3.
Meanwhile, Carlos Alcaraz competes semi-finals with seed No. 8 Felix Auger -anssime. Notably, in the previous 4 meetings, Alcaraz has never once defeated the Canadian opponent. Therefore, the determination of the world's No. 2 tennis player is huge.
Entering Set 1, Alcaraz won the previous break in Game 5. This is a long game when the No. 1 seed must go to the New Fifth Breakpoint to take advantage of success. This is also the turning point of the set.
In the other, Felix Auger -anssime played effort. Coming to Game 10, he has a chance to reclaim the break but do not take advantage of success. The Canadian tennis player loses 4-6.
Set Set 2, the drama at the beginning of the set. Alcaraz won the previous break in game 1, but Auger -anssime immediately reclaimed the break to equalize in game 2. At Game 3, the No. 1 seed has 2 chances to win the break but do not take advantage of success.
However, at the end of the set, Alcaraz still shows the bravery of the top player. Accordingly, he successfully broke the opponent's gaming game in game 9 hinges. In game 10, the Spanish star did not make any mistakes to set a 6-4 victory.
In the end, Alcaraz won 6-4, 6-4 and officially won tickets to this year's Indian Wells semi-finals. Here, his opponent will be Jannik Sinner, who has just defeated Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. This match will take place on the morning of March 19.
