All posts tagged: Indian Wells 2026

Jannik Sinner’s magnificent month: After off-colour start to season, Italian completes Sunshine double, chasing No 1 status from Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

Jannik Sinner’s magnificent month: After off-colour start to season, Italian completes Sunshine double, chasing No 1 status from Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

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5 min readNew DelhiMar 30, 2026 07:01 PM IST The competitive balance in the most important rivalry of present-day men’s tennis has been off-kilter over the past year. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have separated themselves from the chasing pack, but the former has separated himself from the latter, too. With six wins out of eight completed matches against him, Alcaraz has had the Italian’s number. With significant improvements in his game over the last six months, he started 2026 by storming to the Australian Open title and becoming the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam. If the biggest events in the sport started to feel a bit like the ‘Alcaraz show,’ his rival spent all of March reminding the world why that may not be the case. He may not have got his revenge on Alcaraz – the duo are, surprisingly, yet to face each other this year – but with his routine 6-4, 6-4 demolition of Jiri Lehecka in the Miami Open final on Sunday, Sinner capped off an imperious month …

‘Jannik Sinner is like a robot and Carlos Alcaraz can do everything’: Brazilian teen Joao Fonseca reflects on playing world’s top two back-to-back | Tennis News

‘Jannik Sinner is like a robot and Carlos Alcaraz can do everything’: Brazilian teen Joao Fonseca reflects on playing world’s top two back-to-back | Tennis News

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There is little doubt that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are in a league of their own in men’s tennis at the moment and Brazillian teenager Joao Fonseca had the privilege – and daunting challenge – of facing them in the space of 10 days across the Sunshine double. At Indian Wells, he came up against Sinner in the round of 16 and lost 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in an incredible tight match. At Miami Open, the luck of the draw pitted Fonseca against world No 1 Alcaraz. And the Spanish tennis star and world number onedefeated the 19-year-old on Friday night in a match where both of them were at their aggressive best in their first-ever ATP Head-to-Head meeting. It was Alcaraz who came out on top by 6-4, 6-4. Fonseca got some strong support from the Brazilians in the crowd as he put in a spirited fight against the world number one. Alcaraz’s experience, class, and maturity ultimately prevailed over Fonseca’s ferocity. Speaking after the match, the 19-year-old – touted for bigger things …

Sinner’s Indian Wells conquest fuels ‘Sincaraz’ dominance: He and Alcaraz have lost just one event together since 2024

Sinner’s Indian Wells conquest fuels ‘Sincaraz’ dominance: He and Alcaraz have lost just one event together since 2024

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Men’s tennis has entered a new phase of dominance. After the Big Three era, the baton appears to have passed to Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, whose relentless stranglehold has gripped the ATP Tour since 2024. The two have not only split the last nine Grand Slam titles between them but have also extended their supremacy across the broader ATP calendar. Alcaraz began 2026 in dominant fashion, capturing the Australian Open with a historic triumph before adding the Doha title soon after. Sinner responded at Indian Wells on Sunday, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final to lift the trophy. The victory also placed the Italian alongside Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer as the only players to win all six of the ATP’s hard-court Masters 1000 tournaments. Alcaraz’s run in California ended in the semifinals against Medvedev — his first defeat of the 2026 season after a streak of 16 consecutive wins. With Sinner’s victory in the Californian desert, the duo — popularly dubbed ‘Sincaraz’ by fans and broadcasters — have now lost just one of …

‘Bit too old… to care about these things’: Daniil Medvedev on whether he can catch Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

‘Bit too old… to care about these things’: Daniil Medvedev on whether he can catch Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz | Tennis News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 15, 2026 12:42 PM IST Daniil Medvedev handed Carlos Alcaraz his first defeat of 2026 in the Indian Wells semi-final, prevailing with a 6-3, 7-6(3) scoreline over the world no 1 from Spain. After stopping the Alcaraz juggernaut (where the Spaniard went unbeaten in 16 games and won titles at Australian Open and Doha), Medvedev was asked if he felt that he could catch up to the leading lights of the current generation, Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. To this, the 30-year-old Medvedev had a simple response. “I don’t care too much about these things, because I’m already, first of all, a bit too old. I’m not Next Gen anymore,” said Medvedev. Medvedev’s reward for overpowering Sinner is a clash against Sinner in the final. “I had a tough year last year, so even ⁠more perspective now ⁠that I need to do my best, that’s it. Jannik and Carlos are far better than all ⁠of us. Only ‌one match we can beat them … they are so ​good. They are so much …

‘Never seen Daniil Medvedev playing like this… unreal tennis’: Carlos Alcaraz after losing to Russian at Indian Wells | Tennis News

‘Never seen Daniil Medvedev playing like this… unreal tennis’: Carlos Alcaraz after losing to Russian at Indian Wells | Tennis News

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2 min readMar 15, 2026 11:46 AM IST Carlos Alcaraz experienced his first defeat of 2026, thanks to a 6-3, 7-6(3) loss at the hands of Daniil Medvedev. The world number one was on a 16-match unbeaten tear, and was eying a third title at Indian Wells. But the seven-time Grand ⁠Slam ​champion was stunned by Medvedev, who the Spaniard said was playing “unreal” tennis. “I just have to give credit to Daniil. I think he just played an amazing match. Since the start of the match until the end of the match, he was playing unreal, I’ve got to say. I have never seen, to be honest, Daniil playing like this,” Alcaraz said after his semi-final defeat. The Spaniard continued: “He completely deserves the win today. He completely deserves to get through and play a final here. All I can say is just congratulations to him.” Earlier in the tournament, Alcaraz had grumbled about feeling like he was taking on Roger Federer in every game. This year, Alcaraz has already won titles at the …