On the morning of March 20, Beijing time, the ATP1000-level American Indian Wells Masters men's singles final ended passionately, and the top seed of the tournament, Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz, was in hot form, sweeping Russia's "US President" Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-2, ending his 19-game winning streak and winning the tournament for the first time in his career.
It was also Alcaraz's third career Masters title, having already overtaken Djokovic this week to return to the top of the ATP standings. Akka also made great history by becoming the youngest North American Sunshine doubles champion (at the age of 19).
Alcaraz took the lead in the first set and managed to save serve, after which Arca broke Medvedev's serve and quickly established a 3-0 lead. Aka then held the advantage, and the two each held serve, and Aka successfully saved serve in the 9th game to take a 6-3 lead.
Originally thought that this was a tug-of-war, very fiercely close, but I didn't expect Mei to be so brittle and defeated.
In the second set, Mei Zong served first, but in the opening game was hit by Aka's four-point break, Aka was in good form, and broke again in the third game to take a huge 4-0 lead. Although Medvedev fought to catch up, he was unable to recover, and in the 8th game Aca's serve won the game, he did not give May a chance to fight back, taking the game away 6-2.
The match took 1 hour and 11 minutes, and it was very easy to win the tournament. Akka has surpassed Djokovic in points to become world number one. He currently has only 260 points ahead of Deyo, and if he does not win the next Miami Open, Akka will fall back to world number two, in other words, Deyo has a chance to lie back to world number one.
In the future clay season, the pressure of the two to keep points is equal, and the battle for the world number one has entered a white heat.
The 19-year-old Akka became the youngest player in history to win the Indian Wells (2023) and Miami (2022) Suns Twins, the previous record held by Zhang Depei, Cowrell and Djokovic, all of whom completed at the age of 20. I have to say that Aka became famous at a young age and became a hero in his youth.
Many people say that Akka is Nadal's successor, I wonder if Akka can achieve the same achievements as Nadal?
Akka did not face a break point in the game, and delivered 18 winning points, far higher than May's total of five. He said after the game: "Winning an event gives me a lot of confidence to go to Miami. The conditions were a bit tough today, but I played well and Medvedev didn't play at his best. I'm very happy with my performance and I'm looking forward to playing at that level in Miami as well." ”
This week, Alcaraz will continue to play in Miami as the top seed, having won his first Masters title here last year and becoming the youngest champion in tournament history, do you think he can defend his title? 【Text/Fighting Rivers and Lakes】