Alcaraz reaches 100 ATP victories at the expense of Griekspoor

• Tennis Alcaraz, against fatigue and mental 'scars': "You have to work the fear of relapse"

Carlos Alcaraz

seems determined to score as many early records as possible.

This Monday night, on the central court of

, he added another after defeating the Dutch

in two sets (7-6 and 6-3) to get into the round of 16 of the Californian Masters 1000.

He already has 100 wins on his personal account at just 19 years old.

No one, save

, had reached that mark as a professional in fewer games.

His unstoppable streak continues.

Alcaraz's trajectory is scary.

At the height of that same mark,

had lost five more games than the Murcian and

eleven more.

appears much further back in that ranking, with 69 losses.

It is evident that the phenomenon of this boy from

is not normal.

He begins to win each game with the sufficiency of which he has spent a lifetime comfortably installed on the professional circuit.

His third-round rival lasted just over an hour and a half.

And that Griekspoor did not make it easy for him, far from it.

The 26-year-old Dutchman had a convincing match, especially in the first set.

He was very solid in all areas of his game, with a brutal hitting level, well above his rival's ball speed and taking advantage of his inaccuracies, with seven unforced errors in the first five games they played. tightened the shock

He barely gave up ground, scoring the first few games on his serve and

.

He went out to compete and at times gave the feeling of taking the lead in the match.

Alcaraz had to grit his teeth and wait for his opportunity to find a fissure in his rival.

He managed to save his serve and force it 5-5 to start unleashing his best tennis at the decisive moment of the set, which ended up being resolved in sudden death.

in the world weighed more

.

He began to unleash his right hand and drop shots with the surgical precision that the fans are excited about.

, the former

guard , and

, the tournament owner and founder of Oracle, applauded enthusiastically.

A deep forehand cross ended an entertaining first set, played at breakneck speed.

It was an hour of good entertainment that immediately gave way to the undisputed dominance of the youngest player to finish the year as number one.

Griekspoor accused the blow immediately.

He lost serve for the first time in the second game of the second set and got nervous, smashing a racket on the ground.

Still, he tried to avoid being down 3-0.

He forced two break balls on the Murcian's serve that he was unable to convert in the end.

The rest was a downhill, already with his rival packed towards victory.

Like good cholistas, the Spanish wonder goes game by game, without thinking about the two exciting goals he can achieve if he wins the final on Sunday.

He would score his first Indian Wells, the considered "big fifth" of the season, and would regain the number one ranking.

"I think the most important part of my game is to stay relaxed and try not to think about the mistakes, the points, the rounds," he said after his win over Thanasis

.

"He lives in the moment, plays the game and goes for it. That's the goal in this tournament for me."

Jack Draper

, the British number 56 in the world, will be his next rival after defeating

in his debut in the Californian desert.

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