His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Francisco Cerundolo, who is comfortable in these particularly slow conditions and who eliminated the Australian ace Alex de Minaur in the round of sixteen.

Carlos Alcaraz dominated against Grigor Dimitrov to guarantee his 2025 Indian Wells Masters quarter-finals berth. Although the wind was difficult, the World No.3 showed dominance in only 74 minutes with a convincing 6-1,

The Spanish tennis star, who is aiming for a third straight BNP Paribas Open title, made it look far too easy on Wednesday.

The 21 year-old Alcaraz is bidding to become the youngest player to win three consecutive singles titles at any ATP Tour event — and just the third to do it at Indian Wells after Roger Federer (2004-06) and Novak Djokovic (2014-16).

The Spaniard lost just six games in overcoming Quentin Halys and Denis Shapovalov and had little trouble overcoming Dimitrov 6-1 6-1

Carlos Alcaraz moved closer to a rare Indian Wells "three-peat" as he breezed past an exhausted Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Madison Keys tallied a 15th straight victory by beating Donna Vekic 4-6 7-6(7) 6-3.

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz wasn't about to be blown off course in his pursuit of a rare three-peat in the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday.