Carlos Alcaraz efficiently defended his Indian Wells title with a 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 win over Daniil Medvedev within the males’s singles remaining on Sunday.
Alcaraz began sloppily, spraying errors across the court docket to fall 3-0 down however raised his stage and captured the primary set when his Russian opponent’s forehand went broad within the tiebreak.
The Spaniard romped by way of the second set, elevating his arms within the air and letting out a roar when Medvedev missed one other forehand broad on match level.
“I enjoy playing these kind of matches with you,” Alcaraz instructed Medvedev through the trophy ceremony. “Hopefully more finals ahead.
“I loved taking part in in entrance of you [spectators] and I’ve felt the love because the first day. I like this lovely court docket and taking part in in entrance of you.
“Thanks for bringing the energy and all the support.”
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Henman: He was born to win these huge titles
“He looks like he was born to win these big titles. He looks so motivated. He’s putting in the hard work,” stated two-time Indian Wells finalist Tim Henman on Sky Sports activities Tennis.
“It’ll be interesting to see how many of these Masters 1000 titles and Grand Slams he can win in the future.”
Navratilova: This man is simply going to get higher
“You can see that he has an amazing talent from the get-go. He was number one in the world and won a major and people are writing him off at 20? This guy is only going to get better,” stated Martina Navratilova.
“He’s not going to get worse, so it’s not a fluke what he has done.
“He is stable as a rock and he strikes higher than anybody I’ve ever seen. He is so robust, there are not any weaknesses and he can nonetheless get higher so be careful world.”
Robson: Scary to watch how good he gets
“I really feel the serve can get higher however he is been engaged on that within the final 18 months,” Laura Robson said.
“And then you definately suppose he will get stronger, get quicker. Much more bodily within the subsequent 5, eight years or so.
“It’s going to be scary to watch how good he gets because even now he’s working on the shot selection and once he masters that tennis IQ and makes small adjustments when facing different opponents, he’s pretty much sorted.”
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