By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Photo credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty
Palm Springs is a popular retirement spot.
Carlos Alcaraz sees it as a reinvention realm.
Two-time defending BNP Paribas Open champion Alcaraz is playing for a rare three-peat in Indian Wells while rebranding as “close to a serve-bot.”
The second-seeded Alcaraz will launch his Indian Wells title defense against either red-hot Frenchman Quentin Halys or a qualifier.
Should seeds hold true to form, Alcaraz will square off against Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic in an Indian Wells quarterfinal clash that would be a rematch of the 2024 Wimbledon final, Olympic gold-medal final and the Australian Open quarterfinals where the Serbian superstar rallied from a set down to knock out the Spaniard.
The 21-year-old Alcaraz rides a 12-match Indian Wells winning streak as he aims to join Djokovic and his tennis hero, Roger Federer, in pulling off a…
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