Indian Wells 2024 Day 7 Recap

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are only one match away from setting a juicy semi-final encounter after the pair progressed into the final eight on the 2024 BNP Paribas Open.

The Spaniard was first to guide his quarter-final spot, successful his ninth straight match in Indian Wells with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Fabian Marozsan.

Sinner then moved previous Ben Shelton within the evening session with a gentle 7-6(4) 6-1 victory to keep up his unbeaten begin to 2024.

Within the different two spherical of sixteen matches, Sascha Zverev overcame Alex de Minaur 5-7 6-2 6-3. The German has made a strong begin to the season, bagging some massive wins on the United Cup and he’s considerably beneath the radar given Sinner’s exploits.

Jiri Lehecka then dominantly defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Czech, who’s been practising with Coach Tomas Berdych all week, hit some Birdman-esque heavy forehands in his win, overpowering the eleventh seed from the baseline.

Day Seven 2024 BNP Paribas Open Spherical of 16 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Fabian Marozsan
6-3 6-3

Jannik Sinner (3)
Ben Shelton (16)
7-6(4) 6-1

Alexander Zverev (6)
Alex de Minaur (10)
5-7 6-2 6-3

Jiri Lehecka
Stefanos Tsitsipas (11)
6-2 6-4

Alcaraz Lands fiftieth Masters 1000 Win

Carlos Alcaraz is thru to the quarter-finals in Indian Wells with a 6-3, 6-3 victory, avenging final yr’s Rome loss to Fabian Marozsan.

After dropping a set in his opening match within the desert, the Spaniard has kicked on to look more and more harmful as he bids to defend his title.

After an in depth couple of video games within the opening set, from 2-3 onwards, Alcaraz reeled off 4 straight video games to land the opening set, dominating from the baseline.

Particularly, he appreciated Marozsan’s second serve, limiting the Hungarian to successful simply 38% of factors behind it.

Actually I used to be nervous earlier than the match, I’m not going to lie. Taking part in in opposition to somebody who beat you simply — I keep in mind I had no possibilities within the match in Rome. It was tough for me immediately to strategy the match, however I’m actually proud of the way in which that I did. I began fairly properly, enjoying my fashion because the starting. As we speak I knew what I needed to do higher than I did in Rome. Alcaraz on avenging his loss to Marozsan.

Slick Sinner Shuts Down Shelton

Jannik Sinner prolonged his unbeaten run in 2024 with a 7-6(4), 6-1 victory over Ben Shelton.

Shelton, recognized for his firepower on serve and the forehand, went down an early break within the first set resulting from a double fault, however his heavy hitting helped him discover a manner again into the set, breaking again when Sinner served for it at 5-4.

Nonetheless, after recovering to 4-4 within the tiebreak from 1-4 down, the Sixteenth-seeded American ran out of steam as Sinner took cost, taking the breaker 7-4 and successful the primary three video games of the second set.

A double break cemented issues, and he cruised to the second set 6-1 to progress in 1 hour and 38 minutes.

For my cash, Sinner is one of the best hard-court participant on the planet, and he’s develop into tremendous regular from the baseline. He at all times had that firepower, however his motion and physicality are a lot better, and the errors are few and much between.

For positive it was a distinct matchup. I knew that clearly enjoying in opposition to him, there’s not a lot rhythm. However I believe I will be actually proud about how I performed. I simply tried to remain constructive. There have been powerful moments, particularly within the first set. I’m actually glad that I received that, and clearly began actually constructive within the second set, which gave me plenty of confidence. Sinner on his win over Shelton.

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