Talon Grape has reached the third round at the Indian Wells Masters and will meet Carlos Alcaraz, ranked No. 2 in the world.
Alcaraz, winner of the US Open last year, qualified for the third round by defeating Australian Tanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-3. The Greek track previously defeated Argentine Guido Bella in two sets: 7-6 (3) 7-6 (4). This meant his first victory in the main tournament of the Masters Tournament.
The Greek path and Alacáraz are among the 32 seeded players in Indian Wells, who all started with byes and only got into the second round. Alcaraz was missing the Australian Open earlier this year due to injuries. The 19-year-old Spaniard returned to the ATP tour last month and immediately won the Buenos Aires tournament on his return. Then Alcaraz also reached the final in Rio de Janeiro.
The Spaniard can return to the top of the world rankings if he wins the Masters title in Indian Wells. In this case, he will replace Novak Djokovic, who is missing because he refuses to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, as No. 1. Last year, Alcaraz reached the semi-finals in Indian Wells.
Wimbledon
The Greek track and Alcaraz faced each other for the first time last season, in the second round of Wimbledon. Then the young Spaniard won in three sets against the Dutchman.
The Greek track won its first ATP title in India earlier this year and then reached the third round of the Australian Open and the semi-finals at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam. In recent weeks, he has been eliminated in the second round in Doha and Dubai by Andrei Rublev and Djokovic, two of the world’s top 10 players, respectively. Greekspoor will now make a new attempt against Alcaraz to take out a top 10 player for first place. the time.
Van de Zandsholb/Midelkoop was eliminated
Botic van de Zandschulp ready in Indian Wells. De Veenendaler was eliminated with Matwé Middelkoop in the first round of the doubles tournament at the Masters in California Desert. The Dutch duo lost in a tiebreaker to Finland’s Harry Heliovara and Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool: 6-3 3-6 10-6.
Wesley Koolhoff and his British partner Neil Skupski, the top seed in Indian Wells, reached the second round. They defeated the Brazilian / German pair Marcelo Melo / Alexander Zverev in straight sets: 6-3, 6-1.
Jean-Julien Roger and his doubles partner Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador were eliminated by Americans John Isner and Jack Sock: 6-7 (6) 7-5 10-7.
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