Carlos Alcaraz needed to work arduous for his victory towards Tallon Griekspoor Monday evening on the BNP Paribas Open, however his reward made the late night shift effectively price it. With a 7-6(4), 6-3 consequence, the 19-year-old secured a milestone second in his younger profession by notching his a centesimal tour-level win.

Now with a 100-32 report, Alcaraz wanted the second-fewest matches to hit the century mark among the many 28 World No. 1s within the historical past of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, behind solely John McEnroe, who did it in a single match fewer.

Whereas the Spaniard may have his sights set on greater objectives this week — specifically, successful the Indian Wells title and returning to World No. 1 — he took a second to handle his newest achievement post-match.

“I am actually proud to get my a centesimal win on the ATP Tour and I hope it is the primary 100 of many,” mentioned Alcaraz, who beat his personal inside clock to achieve the milestone. “Actually, I searched that stat right now, [but] I did not know. I believed it was within the subsequent spherical,” he admitted via a smile.

Alcaraz received a carefully contested opening set, elevating his stage within the tie-break after the aggressive Griekspoor matched him shot for shot to that time. Whereas the Spaniard didn’t constantly hit the heights of his opening-round win towards Thanasi Kokkinakis, he nonetheless produced loads of show-stopping winners, full together with his standard complement of drop pictures.

Some precision passing pictures helped Alcaraz take a 3-0 lead in set two, with the Spaniard saving his first two break factors of the event to consolidate an early break. Down 0/30 as he served out the match, he dialed up the facility to win the ultimate 4 factors of the match, with NBA legends Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki amongst these having fun with the present.

Subsequent up for Alcaraz is Briton Jack Draper, who defeated Andy Murray 7-6(6), 6-2 earlier on Monday evening. The pair will contest a second ATP Head2Head assembly on Tuesday night, after Alcaraz received a three-setter in Basel final October.

“I am prepared. I like enjoying these form of matches,” mentioned the Spaniard. “Jack’s enjoying rather well. I performed towards him simply as soon as in Basel, not a very long time in the past. It was actually powerful. I do know that I’ve to place my finest stage, I’ve to point out my 100 per cent to [beat] an amazing opponent like Jack. I believe it may be a very stunning match to observe for the gang and clearly I will benefit from the match.”