After lacking practically two weeks of motion as he recovered from a proper hamstring harm, World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz made a successful return to the court docket, beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-3 within the Indian Wells Masters to enter the third spherical.
Red sizzling from the beginning, Alcaraz dropped only one level on serve within the opening set and broke in his first return recreation as he raced to a 3-0 lead. Set two was tighter, with Kokkinakis efficient in combating energy with energy for stretches, however Alcaraz’s pace, defence and consistency had been an excessive amount of to overcome after one other early break.
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“I might say I performed my greatest, aside from every part: the factors that I’ve to defend, the semi-finals that I’ve to defend,” the 19-year-old said. “I tried not to think about that, just to play my game, to enjoy playing here. Of course, I tried to make people enjoy watching tennis here. That’s what I liked from tonight.”
Alcaraz will subsequent play Thirty first-seed Dutch participant Tallon Griekspoor, who defeated Guido Pella 7-6(3), 7-6(4) earlier on Saturday.
The Spaniard may return to No. 1 within the ATP Rankings on March 20 by successful the Indian Wells title, which might be his third on the ATP Masters 1000 stage after his triumphs in Madrid and Miami final yr.
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