On March 14, the second round of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters had a cold spot, and the 21-year-old Canadian tennis rising star and now the world number 9 Aliassim performed disappointingly, losing 6-7, 7-6 and 6-3 to the world-ranked 47-ranked Berdych, which was also the biggest upset of the Masters so far.
Although Aliassim is talented and strong, he always drops the chain at the key moments of the competition, he has won 8 runners-up at one time, fortunately won the Rotterdam championship this year, breaking the career championship drought, but Aliassem's ability to resist pressure is still slightly insufficient, and the match with Berdych is very obvious, although last year's Stockholm station won 6-4 and 6-3, but Berdych did not remember the unpleasant things in the past, in this competition, The Dutch fought so bravely that they did not give Aliasim any respite.
In the decider, Berdych broke Aliassim's serve as soon as he came up, and then he firmly controlled the suppression of the score, and finally he seized the opportunity to seal the victory at the fifth match point. With this victory, Berdych's meeting with Aliassim turned into 1 win and 1 loss, which also reflects that the gap between the two sides is not as bad as the ranking.
In the third round, Berdych's opponent was Serbian Kekmanovic, who eliminated former world Third Cilic 6-7, 6-3 and 7-6 in the second round, and Kekmanovic saved two match points throughout the game, and finally eliminated the 24th seed. From all indications, when the big three retire, the future men's tennis world may develop to the WTA, anyone may be king, and everyone may be pulled down by the unknown, so it is still cherished that the three giants are still in service.