Alcaraz reaches the quarterfinals of Indian Wells after Jack Draper's injury

• Indian Wells Alcaraz reaches 100 ATP wins at the expense of Griekspoor

Carlos Alcaraz

is already in the quarterfinals of

after the abandonment of

at the beginning of the second set.

After losing the first set emphatically 6-2, the Briton was unable to continue after suffering from injury and left the path clear for the Spaniard, en route to surpassing his performance last year, where he was defeated by Rafa Nadal in the

.

Alcaraz was measured against a left-handed British for the third consecutive tournament, after the finals in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro against

, aware of the hunger for triumph of the young man from Sutton at 21 years old, in full progression in the ranking.

In 2021 he was moving at 250 in the world and now he has reached 56. He had come in addition to defeating one of the idols of his youth,

, but in his first round of 16 in the Californian Masters 1000 he found himself with a cyclone in front .

Alcaraz came out plugged in as in his debut against

.

More even.

He converted the first

point on the fifth point of the match and saved three break points on serve to make it 2-0 on Center Court in Indian Wells.

The rest of the set was an exhibition of strength and talent from the Murcian, very confident on his backhand and with the usual precision with the volley and drop shots.

He dismantled the English's arguments in 37 placid minutes of tennis.

The second began the same as the first, with a break in favor of the Murcian and absolute control of the game, a feeling to which Draper's physical problems contributed, who, far from forcing the machine, decided to tell the referee that he could not continue.

Alcaraz discreetly celebrated the victory and approached one of the cameras on the track to write a message to English:

.

The victory against Draper puts him in the quarterfinals with hardly any wear in the first three games.

Against the English it lasted 46 minutes at the Indian Wells headquarters.

It will come in handy now that the demand for truth begins.

His next rival will come from the match between

and

and then a potential semifinal against

, in principle.

From there to a final against

does not prevent it-

,

himself

, which would put him at the gates of the "big fifth" and to recover the number one ranking ahead of

.

She is getting closer to him.

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