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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. –  The spotlight match was at night, of course. No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 8 Félix Auger-Aliassime.

The Canadian has a slightly weird but officially official 3-0 head-to-head against the Spaniard, with two wins late last year in Davis Cup and Basel. On Thursday, he got full-volume Alcaraz and it was all he could do to keep up with him.

The two women’s semifinals were first.

At 32, Sorana Cirstea must have felt like an old lady compared to the rest of the singles players on the sked. (And 32 is not old – if we needed to make that clear). But she was no match for Iga Swiatek.

(Indian Wells is on PT, three hours behind ET).

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif. (ATP 1000/WTA 1000)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 6 – 19, 2023
Prize money: $10,143,750 / $8,800,000
Draw size: S96 / D32

Thursday, March 16, 2023
Final results

Women’s singles quarterfinals

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 62 63
[10] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) def. [PR] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 76 (4) 26 64

Men’s singles, quarterfinals

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [8] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 64 64
[11] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def [4] Taylor Fritz (USA) 64 46 64

Women’s singles, quarterfinals

Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 62 76 (4)

[1] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. [4] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 63 63

Men’s doubles, quarterfinals

Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def [5] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Harri Heliovaara (FIN) 26 62 [10-7]

[1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) 63 63

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