Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday, taking revenge on Fabian Marossan 6-3, 6-3. The defending Spanish champions set up a battle with the 58th-ranked Hungarian after losing their only other match at last year’s Rome Masters. Alcaraz never let his opponent go in the fourth round, breaking serve twice in the first set and scoring 12 of the first 13 points of the second set.

The top-seeded team won 22 times in 75 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals.

After a slow start to the season and a sprained ankle in Brazil a few weeks ago, the 20-year-old looks set to continue his pursuit of a second title here.

“I was nervous before the game, I’m not going to lie,” Alcaraz said.

“When I had no chance in Rome, I was playing against a guy who beat me.”

But Alcaraz was pleased with his performance and emerged victorious.

“I can say it’s almost perfect. I can play better,” Alcaraz said.

“But I’m very happy with the way I approached the game, the way I played and how I felt.

“My moves were good, I controlled the timing of the match well. In the toughest moments, break points went down, break points went up, I timed the match well.

“My confidence is getting higher and higher”

The world No. 2 defeated Marousan for his 50th Masters victory and ninth consecutive win at Indian Wells.

Alcaraz will face sixth seed Alexander Zverev for a spot in the semifinals.

Zverev overcame windy conditions to defeat Alex De Minaur 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in two and three quarters of an hour to advance to the quarterfinals.

“I was the worst player in the wind,” the German champion said of the breezy court conditions. “You can’t feel your shot.

“But I managed and found a way, and that’s the most important thing.”

Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to reach the quarterfinals for the second time in his career here. The 11th seed lost to Czech star Jiri Rai 6-2, 6-4. Jiri Lehecka.

It was the youngster’s second consecutive upset after defeating fifth seed Andrei Rublev in the previous round.

Tsitsipas has been in poor form so far this season, having reached the quarter-finals on his debut at the Tennis Garden in 2018 but has yet to replicate that effort.

He was knocked out in 78 minutes by No. 32 Lehecka, January’s Adelaide champion and now reaching his first career Masters quarter-finals.

The Czech, who has been under the guidance of a mental coach since the end of last season, will await Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner’s showdown with Ben Shelton.

The 22-year-old Lehka dominated from the start, taking the first set with two breaks from Tsitsipas and only losing four points on serve.

In the second set, the Czech saved four break points and advanced on the first match point.

In the women’s fourth round, Dubai champion Jasmine Paolini lost to Anastasia Potapova 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk lost 6-6. 4. Defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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