On March 17, Beijing time, the 4th round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and the 19th seed Alcaraz and the 26th seed Monfils met. After two fierce sets of matches, Alcaraz eliminated his opponent 2-0 and won nine consecutive wins to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
In the first set, Monfils defused the break point in the 3rd set to save the break point, and in the 7th set, Monfils saved the break point again. In the 11th inning, Alcaraz completed a key break and came to serve to win the set 6-5. In the 12th set, Alcaraz managed to save and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Alcaraz broke his opponent's serve as soon as he came up, and in the second set he held it to a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Alcaraz broke again, and in the 4th set he saved the love game to lead the opponent 4-0. Monfils again lost the 7th set and Alcaraz broke to win the second set 6-1.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 17 minutes, Alcaraz defeated the French veteran Monfils 7-5, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of Indian Wells. Alcaraz became the youngest quarter-finalist in Indian Wells in 33 years since Zhang Depei in 1989. The next round of alcaraz will face the winner between defending champion Nori and homegrown Brooksby.