Richard Pagliaro | @tennisnow | Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev in the 2024 final to become the first person to successfully defend the BNP Paribas Open since 2016 by Novak Djokovic.
Next week, Alcaraz launched his pursuit to join Roger Federer and Djokovic as the third person to become the third-knowledge to become the Indian Wells champion.
Davenport held a call with the media on a tennis channel conference call to promote the network’s first-to-lasting ball coverage, citing three reasons why Alcaraz is a favorite of three games.
1. Confidence – Volkswagen won a 12-game winning streak in BNP Paribas Open in 2025, including beating his top competitors.
2. Conditions – The slower, tougher court gave Alcaraz enough time to shoot and fired his flames.
3. Competition – The second seed should flourish in the world’s No. 1 sinner, Mia suspended in three months to address Wada’s appeal to his doping case.
In addition, the world’s No. 2 Zverev suffered back-to-back losses from Francisco Casemana and learners Tien and Djokovic, whose left leg muscles tear up, forcing him to retire from the Australian Open semifinals, and he has only played one game since Melbourne set out.
“Even if he will be seed 2, I believe behind Zverev…I don’t think there is any crazy ranking this week… Based on his past games, he is everyone’s favorite.” “Obviously, there are no sinners out there either.
“He’s one of the kind of players who can fill the stadium with people, and he’s excited to see his shots, the level he brings. He has the “IT” factor and tennis is really lucky to have him in our sport.
“The surface we’re talking about gives him more time to set up his forehand. This gives him more time to hit the ball. The ball doesn’t hit him. He can still hit big enough to hit the condition later in the day, sometimes at night, when it gets heavier, a little cooler.
“He was there to win these men’s favorites.”
