Carlos Alcaraz respected his status as the main favorite of the Indian Wells Masters tournament, defeating Daniil Medvedev (the most trained player on the ATP circuit) in the final and once again became the leader of the world ranking.

Carlos Alcaraz, Indian Wells champion and ATP leader

Carlos (he will turn 20 on May 5) decisively won against the Russian with a score of 6-3, 6-2.

Thus, Alcaraz won the third Masters title in his career (after Miami and Madrid last year) and overtook Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings.

Carlos Alcaraz is the ninth and youngest player to achieve a solar double: victories at the Miami Open and Indian Wells.

Medvedev arrived on the back of a 19-game winning streak on the circuit (champion in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai) and returned to the ATP top 5 as of Monday.

Summary of the final between Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev

Video source: Eurosport

ATP ranking after Indian Wells 2023

1. Carlos Alcaraz 7420 points

2. Novak Djokovic 7160

3. Stefanos Tsitsipas 5770

4. Casper Ruud 5560

5. Daniil Medvedev 4330

6. Felix Auger-Aliassime 3415

7. Andriy Rublev 3,390

8. Rune Holger 3325

9. Hubert Gurkach 3,065

10. Taylor Fritz 2975 etc.

Indian Wells was held from March 6-19 on hard and 96 players started in the two main draws. The contest offered $8,800,000 each for men and women. Taylor Fritz and Iga Sviatek became the title champions.