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\n Alcaraz: The key to the good level I have been playing is…<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Alcaraz pursuing his third Indian Wells title<\/p>\n
March 04, 2026<\/p>\n
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ATP Tour<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed at the BNP Paribas Open.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, who is the top seed at the BNP Paribas Open<\/a>, believes the key to his perfect 12-0 start in 2026 does not have to do with forehands and backhands.<\/p>\n \u201cI think on the court I control my emotions even better. I would say that was the key of the good level of tennis that I have been playing lately,\u201d Alcaraz said during his pre-tournament press conference. \u201cBecause on the court, I just control myself, and in a calm place I can find the solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Alcaraz, Sinner nominated for 2026 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n The Spaniard completed his Career Grand Slam<\/a> at the Australian Open<\/a> and maintained his momentum with a run to the Doha title. The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings is channeling his mindset into wins early in the season.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was getting mad or when I was playing bad or whatever, I just found the right way again, because I was calm,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cI was controlling myself and controlling my emotions and I was maintaining my good focus. I would say I was doing that even better than before.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz now is at a happy hunting ground at Indian Wells, where he owns a 20-3 record according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. The 22-year-old claimed glory in the California desert in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n For the first time, Alcaraz arrives at Indian Wells undefeated. The top seed is full of confidence leading into the season\u2019s first ATP Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n \u201cI just [am] really proud about my start of the year,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cHopefully the winning streak continues or I would try that, but I\u2019m just happy to see myself playing great tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz will begin his pursuit of his third Indian Wells title against former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov<\/a> or surging French lefty Terence Atmane<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cIt’s been going really great, to be honest,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cFeeling a little bit different compared to other years, but [I have had a] couple good practices. [I am] back and ready, so it’s been good and I’m excited to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player Features Alcaraz: The key to the good level I have been playing is… World No. 1 Alcaraz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-513562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u201cATP\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atp-no-1-club-banner-article.jpg\")
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