Indian Wells | Alcaraz to recapture the “fifth Grand Slam”
Indian Wells 2024 starts, first Masters 1000 season with Carlos Alcaraz as the main character. The Murcian, who won the title last season, comes to the California tournament with the great goal of winning it back.
The player from Murcia plays a lot in this tournament. After winning the tournament last season Carlitos defends 1000 points and must win Indian Wells So, Djokovic, ATP No. 1, Don’t increase your distance with Mursian. The Serbian is not defending points, since last season he did not advocate refusing vaccinations due to the coronavirus, and if he wins the tournament, he will increase the distance with Alcaraz in the fight for the championship title. No. 1 in the ATP ranking. He is also looking for Jannik Sinner. That’s why, Alcaraz must show its best level of those who have shown in recent months that they are not giving up the fight with Djokovic to top the ATP rankings and are trying to distance themselves from Sinner, who wants to attack second place.
Alcaraz will have to wait for his debut. One who was born in El Palmar He will begin his fight in the second round against the winner of the fight, who will meet the Italian. Arnaldi and the Frenchman Van Assche. If he wins, all indications are that his opponent in the third round will be Felix Auger-Aliassime, 31st racket in the world. Assuming his performance at the tournament is positive and he ends up drawing, we could be looking at one of the best fights we can see in the world of tennis. In the semi-finals the team will face a spectacular match with Jannik Sinner.
The return of Rafa Nadal
Another important news of the tournament is the return of Rafa Nadal. The player from the Balearic Islands starts the tournament with great enthusiasm after playing last Sunday in a friendly match called “The Netflix Slam” in front of Carlos Alcaraz. Rafa had a good feeling heading into Indian Wells, the only tournament the Spaniard will compete in before the clay tour. Although Luck was not with him in the film. He makes his debut this Thursday against the veteran Milos Raonic, but if you move forward, you will find the great beasts of this sport. I would play the second round against one of the favorites, Danish rune of Holger. And, if he manages to get a draw, Nadal will have some hypothetical quarterfinals with Medvedev. Rafa has not played since injury at the ATP tournament in Brisbane earlier this year.
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Never before has it made so much sense to call a tournament “The fifth Grand Slam tournament.” Nobody wanted to miss a date in California. All players found among the first 30 classified in that ATP Ranking to be held in California play a tournament. We found no significant absences from the men’s team in this edition.
As for the women’s draw, Iga Swiatek is the big favorite, followed by Arina Sabalenko, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina, the current champion. Paula Badosa will have the opportunity to take part in the tournament thanks to “wild card” organization to win the tournament in 2021. The Catalan’s first opponent will be North American Ashlyn Kruger, current world number is 72.
He’s waiting for us flying high at Indian Wells 2024Carlos Alcaraz’s main goal was to regain the title and return to the court for Rafa Nadal.