Carlos Alcaraz tops Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(5) 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Alcaraz is going to play against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 17,100 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Matteo Arnaldi BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 99 points vs. the Italian’s 69.
Alcaraz
Carlos served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (37/43) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (18/33) on his second serve. Alcaraz won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaldi
On the other side, Matteo was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Arnaldi is 2-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats
Alcaraz will face Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The Spaniard was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 1 game in the last 2 sets after winning 54 points vs. Auger-Aliassime’s 26 points.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Arnaldi broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to win the set 7-6.
Matteo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Carlos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40).
They contested 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Carlos (41-47). The Italian lost 14 points on serve (24-14). On the other side, Alcaraz conceded 17 points on serve (33-17).
This set was a no-contest as the Spaniard conceded no games to Arnaldi before winning the set 6-0.
Alcaraz failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 15.
Alcaraz converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Arnaldi (27-11). Alcaraz was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, Matteo conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Alcaraz started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Spaniard reinforced his lead after breaking Matteo in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Carlos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 42 points. The Spaniard won 10 points more than the Italian (26-16). Alcaraz surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
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