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Carlos Alcaraz triumphed at Indian Wells for the second year in a row and now dreams of completing the Sunshine Double by also winning the Miami Open.
A feat achieved by only eleven players in the history of men’s and women’s tennis. Winning at Indian Wells and Miami in the same year were Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Marcelo Rios, Iga Swiatek, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka.
The tournament in Florida began with a thousand problems. First the dramatic high temperatures and humidity that put the health of some tennis players such as Arthur Cazaux and Matteo Berrettini at risk. Then the tragic death of Aryna Sabalenka’s former boyfriend Konstantin Koltsov, now the rain, which yesterday stopped almost the entire day-schedule.
But there was a moment witnessed by a very entertaining video, which played down the problems at the start of the tournament, which is about the just finished Indian Wells combined event.
Even before the start of the BNP Paribas Open, the players acted as tournament staff by dressing up and welcoming tennis fans to Indian Wells. The first was Andrey Rublev who created a very nice moment.
The Russian, once again, was mistaken for Jannik…
