Alcaraz equaled a new and historic mark set by Nadal and Djokovic in their fight to reign in Indian Wells

Carlos Alcaraz (1st ATP) wants to be the absolute king of Indian Wells Masters 1000 and took a new step in search of it. The murican eliminated Cameron Norrie (29th) and advanced to the semifinals of this tournament for the fifth consecutive time in his career.

Yes, at 22 years old, the talented Spaniard has played so far four matches in this instance in the California desert and it has achieved 50% effectiveness, so in 2026, that percentage will change. He fell in 2022 and 2025 against Rafael Nadal and Jack Draper respectively, while in 2023 and 2024 he beat Jannik Sinner on both occasions and ultimately became champion, beating Daniil Medvedevhis next rival in this edition, in the two finals.

To find the last time a player had reached five consecutive semifinals in Indian Wellswe must bring up two of the members of the Big 3: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The first of the two to achieve it was Nadalwho Between 2006 and 2013 (inclusive), he won three titles (2007, 2009 and 2013), four falls in the semifinals and one runner-up. In that same period of time, Djokovic He began to challenge the Spaniard’s reign in Indian Wells, managing to get a place among the four best consecutively between 2011 and 2016obtaining four trophies (2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and two defeats in the aforementioned instance.

Until 2026, no one had achieved it again, but Alcaraz, who has already achieved several world records Big 3joined the Spanish and the Serbian, but with an extra seasoning that differentiates it: At 22 years and 303 days, he became the youngest to achieve this. Pure history.

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