Reclaim the No. 1 position from Djokovic
Alcaraz won the Indian Wells championship without losing a set. It is worth mentioning that his defeat in the final is Daniil Medvedev, the player who is in the most impressive form of tennis today.
Alcaraz’s 6-3, 6-2 victory didn’t just stop Medvedev’s 19-match winning streak. It also helped Alcaraz return to the No. 1 position in the world rankings, replacing Djokovic. The Serbian tennis player is not allowed to enter the US because he has not been vaccinated against Corona virus.
Djokovic is the five-time singles champion at Indian Wells and also the most successful men’s tennis player in the tournament’s history. But his decision not to get vaccinated has caused him to miss a series of important events, including last year’s US Open. Thanks to winning that tournament, Alcaraz climbed to the world number 1 for the first time at the age of 19.
“It’s always good to have the best players in every tournament and be able to compete with the best,” Alcaraz said in an interview on Sunday. “I wish Djokovic was in every event and I could play against him and learn from him.”
It was the tennis match that most people wanted to watch and it didn’t happen in January at the Australian Open, which Djokovic won for the 10th time. Alcaraz missed the tournament due to injury. He also had to miss the second half of the 2022 season because of a torn abdominal muscle.
Currently, Alcaraz and Djokovic have only met once. Alcaraz won on clay in three sets en route to winning the title in Madrid last May.
Many people think Alcaraz got lucky when Djokovic was stripped of many wins against Russian and Ukrainian players, who were banned from playing due to conflicts in these two countries.
But Medvedev has said that Alcaraz deserves the No. 1 spot. “Carlos deserves to be the No. 1 in the world,” Medvedev said. “He’s won more points than anyone else in the past 52 weeks.”
A “New Federer”
On the day Alcaraz reclaimed the world No. 1 position, there was bad news for Spanish tennis, as Rafael Nadal dropped out of the Top 10 for the first time since April 25, 2005, ending a record streak that lasted nearly 18 years. It’s hard to imagine Alcaraz or anyone else being able to do the same.
Because they are both Spaniards, many people have compared Alcaraz to Nadal. But in reality, he is reminiscent of Roger Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam champion. Few people know there has ever been a photo of Federer in Alcaraz’s bedroom at his home in Murcia, Spain. Like Federer, who retired last year at the age of 41, Alcaraz is a great athlete who enjoys variety and the element of surprise with sudden changes of pace and quick breakthroughs on the grid. . “I think Alcarez is more like Roger than Rafa,” said Paul Annacone, an analyst at Tennis Channel who coached Federer. Because Rafa wasn’t famous this early when he was 19 years old.”
Neither Federer nor Nadal (as well as Djokovic) were world No. 1 in their teens. For Annacone, Alcaraz is “the most complete 19-year-old male tennis player”, with a consistency and decisiveness not usually found in young players. Although there are doubts about Alcaraz’s durability, it is a convincing comeback. Last month, Alcaraz won on clay in Buenos Aires, then reached the final in Rio de Janeiro, where he relapsed with a leg injury in a loss to Cameron Norrie. But after a few days of rest and therapy, he looked as agile as ever at Indian Wells.
The next tournament is the Miami Open, which starts on Friday and Alcaraz will need to successfully defend his title to prevent Djokovic from reclaiming No. 1. Their rematch will have to wait until the European clay court season. Europe.
Equals Federer and Nadal’s record
Carlos Alcaraz is the first player to win Indian Wells without losing a set since Roger Federer in 2017 and the first to do so in at least six games since Rafael Nadal in 2007. This is the Master 1000 title. his third after glory in Miami and Madrid last year. Alcaraz also became the 9th player in history to win two tournaments Indian Wells and Miami. He and Nadal are the only players to win at least 3 Masters 1000 titles as teenagers.
Miami Open Branch Draw 2023
According to the results of the Miami Open 2023 draw, in the men’s singles, Carlos Alcaraz continues to be ranked as the No. 1 seed. The draw of the defending champion promises to bring him many difficulties, when Alcaraz may have to face Andy Murray in the third round, Tommy Paul in the fourth round and Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. 4th seed Daniil Medvedev is not in the same draw as Alcaraz, and they could be reunited in the final.
