Sometimes, the best remedy is a timely step back, downshifting and applying one of the classic universal recipes: stop and think. Rectify if applicable. The scene demanded a swerve from Carlos Alcaraz, dazed at first and then overwhelmed, overwhelmed by Jannik Sinner’s overwhelming proposal until the second set arrived and he found a pause, inhaled strongly, exhaled like a dragon and oxygenated an approach that until then moment had been extremely wrong; which later, blessed turn, the maneuver so simple and so perfect, would turn out to be genius. In Indian Wells, my friend, I’m in charge. And the disorientation changed neighborhoods. Long face for the Italian, without a single scratch so far this year, and the redemption of the Spanish: 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2 (after 2h 05m). He will, therefore, be the one to debate this Sunday (10:00 p.m., Movistar +) with the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the same obstacle as a year ago, in search of his second title in the Californian desert.
