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The power deployed by Gaël Monfils was not enough. Carlos Alcaraz resisted and ended up choking the French No. 1 7-5, 6-1 at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells. “Physically he ate me, not because I was tired, but because of the intensity he put into the exchanges. He was everywhere and he walked all over me. He’s very athletic, but his game is full of panache too. He hits, he comes on the fly, he does everything very well“, summed up the Frenchman. For a place in the semi-finals, the young Spaniard (18 years old; seeded n°9) will meet Briton Cameron Norrie whom he dominated during their only face-to-face on the circuit (at 1is round of the last US Open).