Alcaraz’s Indian Wells three-peat bid on track with Draper next up | Tennis News

Carlos Alcaraz has continued for three peaches in India Wales on Thursday evening, as Spanish Francisco Serundolo defeated Jacques Darbur, who in turn ended the hopes of the youngest Americans since 2004 to reach the quarter -finals of the event.
The 22-year-old Ben Shelton had occupied the headlines of the newspaper to run at home, but he stopped him from the UK, who got straight groups 6-4 7-5.
Draper, the thirteenth seed, the second seed, will face the two defender, who extended the winning chain in Indian Wales to 16 games with a victory 6-3, 7-6 (4) over Cerundolo.
On another cold night, Alcars fought from 1-4 in Group Two in Group Two, reached a break and two love service to force the tie team, and keep his attempt to join Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the only men who win three straight Hindi titles on the right track.

Alcaraz was forced to provide rest points in each of the first three service games. But after a confirmed comment for 4-3, he got the first break from the competition with a skilled shot, and the same was served in the first group.
After slipping to the winner of a drop shot on the network, dug Alcaraz from the deep front that can hardly get Cerundolo on a racket.
But Cerndolo was the one who broke the first place in the second, and finally converting the ninth break in the match and then held 4-1.
However, he could not stop the world’s third number, which was quick to advance 5-2 in the swing on the way to victory.
“It was really difficult to start the match,” said Alcaraz, who looked less comfortable in the weather.
“He got a lot of opportunities in the first group,” Al -Karaz said. “I am only pleased to save them all and take the only person I had.
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Draper took the opening set against Shelton with one break from service and then gathered from 0-3 to bottom in Slugfest second set.
Shelton 32 errors that do not spoil five double-mistakes-with one to deliver a break for 6-5 per second.
The Russian Daniel Medvedev, the second place in Alcaraz in each of the past two years, has risen from the collapse of a wild-winding group to overcome Arthur Fils 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (9/7).
Book the sixth world number in the semi-finals with Denmark Holgar Ron, winner of 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 on Talon Grizecor.
Medvedev, a final in the Grand Salam championship six times, is 2-4 years old in the third group of convincing clash that was temporarily stopped when the amazing winds sent towels and garbage cans that fly at the stadium.
FLS’s Files has shown great maturity in the face of massive Medvedev’s defense skills.
He underestimated the incomparable mistakes that have been brought to his first group to win the second easily and maintain its balance as it erased an early break at the third to take the lead.
But Medvedev will not be rejected, and after being forced to draw at the third match point when Files paid a long background.

Medvedev, who won one of the nine tie lines in the past third group, gave a jump from the tremendous joy after securing the victory in two hours and 25 minutes to keep his attempt for the first title since 2023-when he won five.
“I lost a lot of narrow matches this year as I could win, I should have won,” Medvedev said. “I have lost a lot of narrow matches as things go a little bit, and the more like this, the more confidence in the narrow moments.
“I was happy because I managed to overcome the line as he saved some of the match points and had a break in the third. I am happy to win.”
Medvedev is facing another young weapon in Ron, who exploded at the scene in 2022 by beating Novak Djokovic in the Paris Master Finals.
Ron has often struggled since then, but after dropping the first group, Griegel, the Dutchman who is ranked 43rd and who removed Alexander Zverev, ranked in the second round.
Meanuson Keys extended its winning line to 16 games, reaching the semi-finals of the women by entering 6-1, 6-1 to enter the BELINDA BENCIC land cards.
The Australian Open Champion needed only 65 minutes to install it from the return match with the first seeded Arena Sabalinka, who overcame Lyodella Samsonova 6-2, 6-3 at a later time.
Keys beat Sabalinka in three groups in January in Melbourne Park, which deprived her of a third consecutive title.
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2025-03-14 10:01:00