Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeated Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to advance to the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters quarterfinals. The Spanish reigning champion had a score to settle with the 58th-ranked Hungarian after losing their only other match at last year’s Rome Masters.
After winning 12 of the first 13 points of the second set and breaking twice in the first, Alcaraz never let his opponent get close to the fourth-round match.
In just 75 minutes, the top seed defeated Marozsan to advance to the quarterfinals.
Following a poor start to the season and an injury to his ankle a few weeks prior in Brazil, the 20-year-old seemed set to pursue a potential second title here.
With the victory against Marozsan, the world number two won his 50th Masters victory and his ninth straight win in Indian Wells.
To advance to the semi-finals, Alcaraz must win against Alexander Zverev, the sixth seed.
Zverev entered into the last eight by defeating Alex de Minaur 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in two and three-quarter hours.
Meanwhile, in the women’s fourth round, Dubai champion Jasmine Paolini lost 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 to Anastasia Potapova, while Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the round of eight.
