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Tennis News: Besides winning the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for the first time, Carlos Alcaraz did something else for the first time.

For the first time in four encounters, the Spaniard finally beat Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open.

Throughout the entertaining quarter-finals, two young tennis players showed impressive points. The strength, athleticism and performance in throwing reliable punches left the Indian Wells audience in awe for 2 hours.

“This time my goal is to stay there,” said Alcaraz, who went above and beyond in their last meeting in Basel in October last season.

“I know I will get my chance. I have to try to take advantage of it. Maybe I played one of my best games in 2024. I feel really happy and I want to continue.

The win was the first top-seeded tennis player to beat a top-10 ranked tennis player since beating Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud in the US Open final. The victory also earned him two wins before moving back to world No. 1.

While the 2022 US Open champion dominated the start and finish of her match, Canada’s Auger Aliassime matched the top seed shot after shot.

“For the first time I broke his serve and I’m really proud of that,” Alcaraz said. “I tried to attack her second serve, I tried to dominate the points, I tried to play from the baseline and I tried to stay aggressive, taking risks when she fired her second service.”

Now the 19-year-old, who is 13-9 against the top 10, is looking to become the second player to win at least three Masters titles as a youth following last season’s victories at Miami and Madrid. . The first tennis player to achieve this was his compatriot, Rafael Nadal, who won six titles.

Moving on to the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals, Alcaraz will meet 11th seed Jannik Sinner, with either Daniil Mededev or Frances Tiafoe likely to be his opponents in the final. The head-to-head draw against the Italian national was 2-2, including winning their last US Open quarter-final meeting last season by five sets.

Keywords: Tennis, BNP Paribas Open, Carlos Alcaraz, Félix Auger Aliassime