Unexpectedly! Unexpectedly! After Andreeva ended Swiatek's 10-game winning streak at Indian Wells yesterday, British No. 1 Draper also shone today, ending Alcaraz's 16-game winning streak at Indian Wells with an incredible performance, and at the same time, he also entered the top 10 for the first time in the world!

Before this showdown, no one could have believed that the British brother could work miracles! The reason for this is that Alcaraz's recent form has been so good! This week's Indian Wells, he delivered quite satisfactory answers against Shapovalov, Dimitrov and Serundolo, and many fans also believe that Alcaraz is unbeatable when Sinner is banned for three months!

In the first set, Alcaraz was on a bad start, and Draper held his serve after breaking first in the second game to get off to a 3-0 start. In the sixth game, Alcaraz's first-serve points rate was still sluggish, and Draper broke again to take a 5-1 lead into the service game. In the seventh game, Draper successfully held serve and won the first set 6-1.

In the second set, Alcaraz finally found his sense of hitting the ball, and after he saved a break point in the first game, he began to gradually exert his strength, and in the second game, he finally cashed in on the fourth break point to achieve his first break of the game. Alcaraz took over the rhythm of the match, breaking twice in the fourth and sixth games to send the match to a deciding set 6-0 after six consecutive games.

In the third game of the deciding set, there was a controversial penalty on the court to catch a horse! At that time, Alcaraz suddenly released the ball in the middle of the ball, Draper then chased the ball and returned the ball over the net, pulling the other end of Arca to barely reach and knock the ball away, but at this time, the referee thought that Draper's return ball was suspected of two jumps. Draper then asked for a VAR replay to see if he had two jumps on his shot, and it turned out to be a clear jump! However, after the challenge was successful, Drapa thought he should have scored straight away, but the referee decided that a replay should be awarded, and the reason given was that Alcaraz had hit the ball back after he believed it had been misjudged, and it didn't result in a dead ball. As a result, Draper had to apply for VAR a second time to challenge Aka's next shot out of bounds, and in the end, the referee could only overturn the replay decision on the grounds that Alcaraz failed to return the ball into bounds, and awarded the point to Draper.

The Englishman was in high spirits as he broke first in the third game and then broke Alcaraz's serve in the seventh game to take a 5-2 lead to his own service game. At this time, Alcaraz, who was fighting with his back, broke down to 4-5, but in the tenth game, Draper did not waste another chance to win the game on serve, and successfully held serve to win the deciding set 6-4.

Faced with such a loss, Alcalá admitted after the game that he lost in too much nervousness, saying, "This loss really hurts. Of course I don't want to lose any fights, but I think this game is more special for me. It was really difficult today and I had a lot of nervousness in the race. What could I do better? It's about playing my style and not being so nervous when I get on the pitch. I think it's going to make a big difference. ”

In addition, Alcaraz denied that the controversial decision in the deciding set had a direct impact on his defeat, which he believes did not affect him too much.

"That didn't disrupt my rhythm. At first, I didn't know if it was two jumps, so I was waiting to see the video replay. And then the second video replay, in the middle of the round, or after I hit the ball, I don't know. When I hit the ball, I didn't hear clearly, so I couldn't say anything. Also, waiting for the video to play back didn't affect me much. So all I can say is that Draper is back and played a lot better than me in the game. That point didn't make any difference to my performance. ”

For Alcaraz, many fans are expecting him to regain the world number one in one fell swoop at this special stage of Sinner's suspension, but judging from his current performance, Alcaraz's stability and emotional management still have many problems. However, with his accommodating and peaceful mentality, these are just what he says, "Loss Hurts", and in Miami, I believe he can give us a perfect answer.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)