Good morning everyone. We start with the live narration of the match that will face Carlos Alcaraz and Arthur Rinderknechcorresponding to the round of 16 of the Indian Wells Tennis Master 1,000.

carlitos, number 1 the world is in an optimal moment of the season. The Murcian tennis player has won 13 matches out of as many played so far in 2026. It is his best streak at the beginning of the year and he will try to achieve the fourteenth victory of the course against Rinderknech, 30 years old and number 28 in the world.

It will be the sixth confrontation between that of El Palmar and that of Gassin, who has not yet debuted in the tournament and is already among the 32 contenders for the title since he was exempt in the first round and found himself with the failure of the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second.

The five previous confrontations between masters were won by Alcaraz, being the last of them a few days agoin the first round in Doha and Carlos won 6-4, 7-6 (5).

In 2025 the Spaniard beat the Frenchman in the round of 16 of the US Open (7-6 (3), 6-3 and 6-4) and in the quarterfinals of Queen’s (7-5 and 6-4) while the first two clashes occurred in 2021 with a 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4 in the second round of the American major and in 2023 with a 4-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (3) in the first round again from Queen’s.

From now on we are going to tell you all the news that will occur around this confrontation. We begin.