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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Fabian Marozsan of Hungary 6-3, 6-3 in the Indian Wells on Tuesday to clinch his 50th Masters 1000 win en route to a title defense.
The Spaniard, who is now the highest ranked seed in the tournament after Novak Djokovic was stunned by Italian youngster Luca Nardi a day ago, was in control throughout the match, pounding forehands and never losing his serve.
Carlos Alcaraz celebrates during the BNP Paribas Open third round in Indian Wells, California, U.S., March 12, 2024. /CFP
A crosscourt forehand on match point sealed the win and Alcaraz, who has said his only goal is to win the tournament again, had only a muted reaction after advancing, nodding to his team and yelling "Vamos."
Marozsan was a qualifier when he stunned Alcaraz in straight sets in the Italian Open last May, but Alcaraz turned the tables on center court with a clinical and comprehensive win.
"Honestly, I was nervous before the match. I'm not going to lie," Alcaraz said.
"Playing against someone who beat you easily... I remember I had no chances in the match in Rome. It was difficult for me today to approach the match, but I'm really happy with the way that I did."
On the women's side, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland eased into her third consecutive quarterfinal in California after defeating Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2 to set up her next match against former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who advanced to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal since 2019 by defeating Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-2 upon her return to the competition.
(With input from Reuters)