Two-time main winner Alcaraz stated he was “nervous” earlier than his assembly with Marozsan, having misplaced to the world quantity 58 in straight units ultimately 12 months’s Italian Open.
“I used to be nervous earlier than, I am not going to lie. Enjoying towards somebody who beat you simply, I remembered I had no probabilities to win the sport in Rome so it was tough for me,” Alcaraz stated.
“At present I knew what I needed to do higher than I did in Rome.”
Alcaraz broke twice within the opening set and claimed the decisive break within the sixth recreation of the second to seal his place within the final eight for a 3rd consecutive 12 months at Indian Wells.
The 20-year-old added: “I did just a few errors that I did not wish to make so that is what I wish to be higher. I wish to serve higher. It does not imply right this moment I served dangerous however I wish to preserve bettering and placing good tennis on the courtroom.”
Within the ladies’s draw, sixteenth seed Elina Svitolina misplaced 6-1 4-6 6-3 to American Emma Navarro, whereas her Ukrainian compatriot Marta Kostyuk reached the final eight with a 6-4 6-1 over Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Kostyuk will face Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, who beat Italian thirteenth seed Jasmine Paolini 7-5 0-6 6-3.