Carlos Alcaraz has had a fantastic start to the season so far and is hoping to continue that winning form going at Indian Wells.
The world number one has had an incredible start to the year having completed the career Grand Slam at the Australian Open.
That was followed by winning the ATP 500 event in Doha as he has now won 12 consecutive matches to start the 2026 season.
The record for most consecutive wins to start the year is 41 which is held by Novak Djokovic but Alcaraz isn’t focusing on matching that at the moment as he wants to keep up his good form, “Yeah, obviously I know that 41, Novak holds the record. I’m gonna say you don’t realize how difficult it is until you, I’m gonna say, you’re chasing that, because, you know, all right, 41, it’s not that much, but then you’re like 12 on, it’s like, shit, it’s like four or five more tournaments, the biggest tournaments in the world,” Alcaraz said in his press conference.
“You realize and you feel like how impressive it is. You know, I just really proud about my start of the year. Hopefully the winning streak continues or I would try that, but I just happy to see myself playing great tennis.”
Alcaraz will be hoping to remain consistent as he targets a third Indian Wells title in the space of four years.
Last year, the Spaniard lost to eventual champion Jack Draper in the semi-finals but won the previous two editions.
When asked what he could improve ahead of his title bid Alcaraz admitted he would like more emotional control on the court, “I think on the court I just I control my emotions even better,” Alcaraz explained.
“I would say that was the key of, you know, the good level of tennis that I have been playing lately, because on the court, I just control myself, and in a calm place I can find the solutions and I can go through.
“When I was getting mad or when I was playing bad or whatever, I just found the right way again, because I was calm, I 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.”
Alcaraz will begin his campaign against either Arthur Rinderknech or Grigor Dimitrov.
