Carlitos has already lifted a trophy in 2025 – the Rotterdam ATP 500 last month – but was prematurely eliminated at the Australian Open and Doha ATP 500. Meanwhile, Alcaraz was the protagonist of a nice anecdote told by former chair umpire Carlos Bernardes during a recent interview with 'Il Corriere della Sera'.

Carlos Alcaraz explained how the Nike SB Dunk Low became his "lucky" sneakers for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

Alcaraz didn’t reject the notion. On Thursday, he showed why that may be true — at least during this unfathomable run he’s having. With a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Francisco Cerúndolo of Argentina, Alcaraz has now won 16 consecutive matches here and is now into the semifinals at Indian Wells for the fourth consecutive year.

I think I just played a decent match or a good match with those conditions.” Victory for Alcaraz was a 16th straight win in Indian Wells for the Spaniard, who is the two-time

Carlos Alcaraz dominated against Grigor Dimitrov to guarantee his 2025 Indian Wells Masters quarter-finals berth. Although the wind was difficult, the World No.3 showed dominance in only 74 minutes with a convincing 6-1,