{"id":70757,"date":"2024-03-13T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-sinner-cruise-into-indian-wells-quarter-finals-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:00:04","slug":"alcaraz-sinner-cruise-into-indian-wells-quarter-finals-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/alcaraz-sinner-cruise-into-indian-wells-quarter-finals-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz, Sinner cruise into Indian Wells quarter-finals | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Italian rival Jannik Sinner remained on course for a semi-final showdown after cruising into the last eight of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz sailed into the last eight as he took revenge on Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan with a 6-3, 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n

In-form Sinner meanwhile booked his last eight berth with a 7-6 (7\/4), 6-1 defeat of Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n

Sinner’s<\/a> win was his 18th straight victory dating to late last season, leaving him three wins away from his third title of the season after winning the Australian Open and Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

“I played really well in the tight moments,” the 22-year-old world number three said as he lines up against Czech Jiri Lehecka in the quarters.<\/p>\n

“I knew I would not get much rhythm from him. I can be proud of how I played. The wind didn’t make it easier but I tried to stay positive and it worked out.”<\/p>\n

Sinner could face Spain’s reigning Wimbledon champion Alcaraz in the semi-finals in California in what would be the latest instalment of a burgeoning rivalry.<\/p>\n

The duo fought an epic US Open quarter-final in 2022 and met in the semi-finals at Indian Wells and Miami Masters events last season.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz must navigate a quarter-final against sixth seed Alexander Zverev before any meeting with Sinner. Zverev reached the last eight after defeating Alex de Minaur 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in two and three-quarter hours.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz had a score to settle with the 58th-ranked Marozsan after losing their only other meeting at last year’s Rome Masters.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz never let his opponent into the fourth-round match, breaking twice in the opening set and winning 12 of the first 13 points of the second.<\/p>\n

The top seed reeled off 22 winners in 75 minutes to race into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

After a slow start this season and an ankle roll several weeks ago in Brazil, the 20-year-old appeared on course to continue his chase to a possible second title here.<\/p>\n

“I was nervous before the match, I’m not going to lie,” Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n

“I was playing someone who beat me when I had no chances in the Rome match.”<\/p>\n

But he walked off a winner completely pleased with his performance.<\/p>\n

“Let’s say (it was) almost perfect. I can play better.<\/p>\n

“But I’m really happy with the way I approached the match, the way that I played, and my feelings.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere Tuesday, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to reach a second career quarter-final here, with the 11th seed losing 6-2, 6-4 to rising Czech youngster Lehecka.<\/p>\n

The upset was the youngster’s second in succession after dispatching fifth seed Andrey Rublev in the previous round.<\/p>\n

Tsitsipas, whose form has been modest so far this season, achieved the last eight during his 2018 debut at the Tennis Garden but has yet to duplicate that effort.<\/p>\n

In the women’s fourth round, top seed Iga Swiatek beat Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 6-2 to set up a quarter-final with Caroline Wozniacki.<\/p>\n

Swiatek has beaten Putintseva in all three of their matches without the loss of a set.<\/p>\n

She dominated the 79th-ranked Kazakh by sweeping the opening set in 29 minutes but was forced to battle in a second set marred by six breaks of serve.<\/p>\n

“I had to keep focus in the second set,” Swiatek said. “She was trying some different stuff.<\/p>\n

“I just wanted to play my game and I’m glad I did.”<\/p>\n

Swiatek faces Wozniacki for a place in the semi-final. Wozniacki won a battle of returning tennis mothers, defeating Anelique Kerber 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Both of the over-30 pair of former number one players and Grand Slam champions are back competing on the Tour after giving birth.<\/p>\n

“Things were going a bit my way and she was struggling a bit with her back,” Wozniacki said. “I’m just happy I won.<\/p>\n

“This will be my first quarter-final since my three-and-a-half year (maternity) break.<\/p>\n

“To be back playing is a special feeling.”<\/p>\n

Dubai champion Jasmine Paolini lost 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 to Anastasia Potapova while Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1 to reach the last eight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

INDIAN WELLS: Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and Italian rival Jannik Sinner remained on course for a semi-final showdown after cruising into the last eight of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday. Alcaraz sailed into the last eight as he took revenge on Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan with a 6-3, 6-3 victory. In-form Sinner meanwhile booked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-13-at-3-48-25-PM1710327207-0\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-13-at-3-48-25-PM1710327207-0.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t