'I would think it is the same' - Carlos Alcaraz dismisses court concerns after two matches at Indian Wells 2025

Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz defeated Denis Shapovalov by 6-2, 6-4 in the third round of Indian Wells 2025 on Tuesday, March 11. The world number three had a great start to the game and dominated the first set completely to gain a massive lead.

However, the Canadian star staged his comeback in the second set of the game. Still, the Spaniard kept his resilience and delivered a strong performance to mark a win in straight sets to storm into the pre-quarter-finals, slated to take place on March 13. The four-time Grand Slam winner is now set to face Grigor Dimitrov in Round 16, who has knocked out 38-year-old Gael Monfils from the tournament.

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Carlos Alcaraz storms into pre-quarters of Indian Wells 2025

After the emphatic victory over Denis, Carlos Alcaraz was seen once again giving his opinion concerning the newly surfaced court arenas in the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament. The star player revealed that for him the courts are the same after he played his second and third rounds in the tournament here.

In addition to this, the star player was seen highlighting how these court players play different night and day matches and how it is affecting the player's game here.

Carlos Alcaraz says now that he’s gotten a chance to play two matches at Indian Wells, he doesn’t feel like there’s any difference with the courts

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“Well, I remember talk about it, you know, part of the week, and I didn't try yet when I spoke about it. So right now that I practiced few times, that I have played two matches, it's kind of same. It kind of same court, really slow, bounce a lot. So it's totally different when you play at night or during the day, but I practice, for example, this morning, that it was a lot of heat, and the ball was super bouncing and the court is super slow. So didn't felt any difference, which for me I think is good. But yeah, they said that they change it, but if nobody told me that I would think it is the same," Carlos Alcaraz in the press conference.

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