In a battle of former world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz annihilates Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-2 in the final in Indian Wells on Sunday after playing a marvelous match to win his 8th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This is the first time that Alcaraz conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Alcaraz added $ 599,860 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 1,262,220 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniil Medvedev BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 59 points vs. Medvedev’s 38.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. The Spaniard was absolutely great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Medvedev
On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Medvedev is 1-1.
This was the 8th career title for the Spaniard. (see list of titles and finals). Daniil remains with 18th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Carlos to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Carlos was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Daniil (33-21). Alcaraz lost 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Daniil conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Alcaraz took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That was enough for the Spaniard to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 40-A). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Daniil (26-17). Carlos surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Medvedev conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).