Carlos Alcaraz runs over Bautista on his way to the round of 16 at Indian Wells

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Barely five months have passed since

lost in his debut in

against a legend like the British

Today he looks like another player.

His evolution is evident, with a level sufficient to sweep a number 15 in the world like

off the track and present his candidacy to great things in the Californian desert.

He overcame him with an exhibition of tennis in two sets, 6-2 and 6-0, and gets into the round of 16.

Alcaraz came out determined to impose his law despite the veteran of his 33-year-old compatriot.

He converted the first

point available to him and survived the pressure on his serve to make it 2-0 up.

From then on, his run through the first round was placid, with a tennis far superior to that of the winner of the Doha tournament in February, an ATP 250. He closed the quarter in 36 minutes with 15 winners and a single unforced error against at 8 of his rival.

His repertoire imposes: his wide selection of drop shots -of which he sometimes abuses, according to his coach,

, his leg speed and an increasingly lethal two-handed backhand from the back of the court.

That and a visibly rising level of confidence after becoming the youngest player to win an ATP 500, in Rio de Janeiro last month.

Avalanche

Bautista Agut was outmatched on all fronts.

He barely had arguments to counteract the avalanche of play from the young man from Murcia, who immediately forced three

balls to turn the second set around and not lose pace.

He seemed to be in a hurry to reach the round of 16 and sealed it with a donut, 6-0, in one hour and five minutes of the match in total.

The next one will be a true litmus test.

His rival will come out of the match between world number one

and Frenchman

, the best way to measure what the new Spanish tennis talent is capable of.

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