Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek both impressed as they stormed through to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday.
World No 2 Alcaraz put in a commanding performance to defeat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2 6-3 to extend his winning streak to eight matches in the desert. Next up for the Spaniard is a fourth-round showdown with Fabian Marozsan, a chance for Alcaraz to avenge his shock defeat to the Hungarian last May in Rome.
'I had to kind of change some negative thoughts that I had into just thinking that I wasn't thinking about just waiting for my chances. I knew that I'm experienced enough to just, you know, hold it together and not really let myself let these negative thoughts win. So I just did that. 'I think my game clicked a little bit more. I tried not to make these mistakes from faster rallies that we had, but actually we had a little bit less rallies, longer rallies later.