Carlos Alcaraz continues the climb to recover the number one in world tennis and he is only two steps away from the goal. The Spanish tennis player managed to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime, his ‘black beast’ on the circuit, to reach the semifinals in Indian Wells. His next rival will be the Italian Jannik Sinner, who beat the reigning tournament champion, Taylor Fritz, in three sets.
The 19-year-old from Murcia had not yet been able to beat the Canadian in their three previous meetings. “At last. It is marvelous to beat him and in the way I have done it, playing at a high level”, congratulated the Spanish tennis player, who a few days ago said he had regained his confidence and once again felt among the group of favorites to any kind of tournament. “He is one of the toughest players on the circuit but I have probably played one of my best games of the season.”
The duel had very rich moments in tennis but the Spaniard was the one who finished the match with his greatest effectiveness at key moments.
With the 16,000 seats on Center Court practically occupied, Alcaraz and Auger-Aliassime fought a duel with high-profile actions on both sides but which the Spaniard finished with his greatest effectiveness at key moments. Now on Saturday the Italian Jannik Sinner awaits him for a place in the final, in which he aspires to the double booty of lifting his first Indian Wells trophy and unseating the Serbian Novak Djokovic from the top of the ATP.
The Italian, who beat defending champion Taylor Fritz in the other duel, is eager for revenge against Alcaraz for his defeat in the quarterfinals of the last US Open, in an epic duel that lasted more than five hours in the Grand Slam in which the Spanish made himself known to the general public. “Alcaraz is the tennis player who has impressed me the most this year,” the Spanish rival recently stated.