At the age of 18, Spanish Carlos Alcaraz signed another show against French Gael Monfils on Wednesday and became the youngest tennis player to reach the Indian Wells Masters 1000 quarterfinals since 1989.
In Track 2 in Indian Wells (California), Alkaraz beat the seasoned Monfils aged 17, 7 to 5, and 6-1 in 1 hour and 17 minutes.
Ranked 19th in ATP, a fast-paced Spanish tennis player, was the first to reach the Masters 1000 quarterfinals and was the youngest player to reach this point in Indian Wells since Michael Chang in 1989.
A new challenge awaits him after defeating British Cameron Nori, the first champion of the tournament in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
If he succeeds, he can be seen in a virtual semifinal with his country's big star Rafa Nadal, who will clash in the quarterfinals with Australian Nick Kyrgios.
“Nadal is my idol. It's very special to be so close to him here.” Alcaraz said. “(To confront him) would be incredible. But you have to win the quarter-finals first.”
Alcaraz has continued to burn the stage at full speed since creating a cover letter to the world of tennis, with a dazzling victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was the third place in the world at the US Open in October.
A few weeks later he won the Masters Next Gen with the best promises of the circuit, and in February he won his first ATP 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
With that victory, he won the top 20 of ATP at a younger age than Nadal.
“I'm a very ambitious person and I have big dreams. When I was a kid, I always dreamed of becoming number one and winning the best in the world.” He said.
- “One more speed” -
In the California desert, Alcaraz does not give up a single set, but moves forward like a shot.
On Wednesday, his victim, Gael Monfils, gave the big surprise of the tournament by removing the world's No. 1 Russian Daniil Medvedev on Monday, but in the end he became clearly aware of the superiority of his rival.
“It was much stronger than me. There was an answer to everything.” Monfils told a group of journalists after the match. “He is very good at everything. With him, you don't have to think about the future. It's already current.”
Monfils could not keep up with Alcaraz, who dominated the exchange with firm hands and finished the points in a timely manner with a diverse repertoire of punches.
In the first set, the Spaniards were always ahead on the scoreboard, until they broke the serve to put the Frenchman's sleeve in the bag with a 6-5 advantage.
At the beginning of the second set, Alcaraz broke it back with jewels at the final point, cornering Monfils to the back of the track, and then knocked him down with a subtle drop on the net.
The rest of the sleeve was a Spanish diamond exhibition full of strength, and before that, the French could barely laugh at some point.
“I had to laugh at the end,” he explained. “90% of people who are not athletes will say that I am not focused, but no, I had to relax,” he explained.
In addition to Nadal and Alcaraz, fellow Spanish Paula Vadosa, who dominates Indian Wells champions, will compete in the quarterfinals against Russia's Veronica Kudermetova on Thursday.
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