Indian Wells, Carlos Alcaraz grants an encore.

Indian Wells, Carlos Alcaraz grants encore

After his triumph at Wimbledon Carlos Alcaraz had not won a tournament since, he è returned to do so in the BNP Paribas Open on the California cement of Indian Wells, where in the final he beat exactly as he did last year Russian Daniil Medvedev.

Twelve months ago it had ended 6-3 6-2, this time the score è was 7-6 6-1 in favor of the Murcian who thus confirms himself at No. 2 in the world after his victory over Jannik Sinner in the semifinals, while Medvedev remains No. 4. Just under an hour and 45 minutes was the duration of the match.

A hard-fought first set in which Medvedev goes up 3-0 with a break lead but Alcaraz, after missing three counterbreak points in the third game, recovers at 3-3 and has another untaken break point at 4-4.

The partial dragged on to the tie-break, which was won by the Spaniard 7-5 despite being pulled back from 5-2 to 5-5. The second set, on the other hand, has no history, with Alcaraz breaking Medvedev twice on serve in the second and sixth games and closing on the first championship point to win his fifth career Masters 1000.