Andy Murray is no longer at the peak of his form. After a long break. The Scottish star has fallen out of the top 100 on the ATP rankings. Even so, he still actively participated in the competition and is showing a clear prosperity of the recent form.
After stopping in the second round of San Diego Open, Murray is still in California to attend the Indian Wells Masters. On the day of the army, the world's number one was easily defeated Adrian Mannarino – who was ranked 52nd in the ATP rankings. In the second round, the challenge for Murray is much more difficult when his opponent Carlos Alcaraz – the young player is making impressive steps in his career.
Right from set 1, Murray was weak compared to the junior. He let Alcaraz successfully break the first serve game and be led to 3-0. In the following games, Murray began to regain the game and reclaimed the break in game 7. However, it was not enough for him to turn the flag.
Coming to Game 11, Alcaraz excelled to win the break. In the decision 12 game, the 18-year-old star did not make any mistakes to close the set with victory 7-5. In this set, each player has 2 dual mistakes.
Set set 2, the game suddenly changed afternoon. Murray began to show his strength and completely master the game. In Game 6, he excelled in winning the break before setting a 3-6 victory in this set, thereby balancing the score 1-1.
Entering the set of 3 decisions, both players were very cautious. However, this is the time when Murray's experience and bravery work. Right from game 1, he successfully broke Alcaraz's gaming game before winning the break once more in game 5. Set 3 then closed with the 6-2-sided victory in the world's No. 1.
In the end, Murray went against Alcaraz 2-1 to write his name in the third round of Indian Wells 2021. Here, his opponent was most likely Alexander Zverev.
