The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won the Indian Wells tournament in southern California, beating the Russian Daniil Medvedev in two sets (7-6, 6-1) in the final. In the semi-final Alcaraz, who is 20 years old, beat the 22 year old Italian Jannik Sinner. With this result Alcaraz confirms himself in second place in the men’s world ranking, ahead of Sinner in third place. Medvedev, on the other hand, is fourth (he would have been so even if he had won the Indian Wells final), while in first place is the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Indian Wells is a tournament in the Masters 1000 category, the second most important in tennis after the four Grand Slam tournaments. For Alcaraz it is the fifth Masters 1000 title in his career and the second consecutive at Indian Wells. He has also won two Grand Slam tournaments so far, US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023.