Alcaras, ranked second in the world, defeated Dutchman Talon Griekspor (36) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, while Chiwentek, ranked first in the world, defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 7-6 (7/1).
As for Jaber, ranked fourth in the world, she fell to the Czech Marketa Vondrousova 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, and failed to take revenge on the player who eliminated her in the second round of the Australian Open, the first of the four major tournaments, at the beginning of the year.
Alcaras achieved his 100th victory ( once morest 32 defeats) in his professional career, and now ranks second in the list of players who needed the fewest number of matches to reach this threshold among those who topped the world rankings at a stage of their careers, only behind American John McEnroe (100). -31).
After the victory, he said, “It was a very difficult match. Talon performs well. I had to focus a lot. Also, the strong winds made things difficult today.”
The Spaniard aspires to return to the top of the rankings at the expense of the absent Serbian Novak Djokovic for not receiving the vaccine once morest the Corona virus, in the event that he is crowned with the title.
Next, he will meet Briton Jack Draper, who knocked out compatriot Andy Murray 7-6 (6/8), 6-2.
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka also qualified by eliminating Danish champion Holger Rohne, the Paris Masters tournament champion, American Taylor Fritz, defending champion, and Italian Yannick Senner.
For women, Chivontec aspires to become only the second player to retain the Indian Wells title following Czech-American Martina Navratilova in 1990 and 1991.
And she raised her performance at the right time in the tiebreak of the second set to eliminate Andreesico, the defending champion in the 2019 tournament, in which she also crowned the US Open title.
The defending champion, Flushing Meadows, will meet Emma Raducano, who is crowned in New York in 2021, following the British defeated Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maya 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
And Jaber crowned her return to the competitions with her victory in the second round (exempted from the first) following she had been absent for nearly a month from the stadiums since her exit from the second round of the Australian Open once morest Vondrochova in particular, due to her undergoing minor surgery in her knee.
Elena Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion, also qualified at the expense of Spain’s Paula Badusa and French Caroline Garcia once morest Canada’s Leila Fernandez.
