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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Carlos Alcaraz with Cameron Norrie inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>The last time Carlos Alcaraz played against Cameron Norrie, he was on the losing end and he admits he will have revenge on his mind when they square off in the quarter-final of the Indian Wells Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> leads the head-to-head against Norrie 5-3, but the British player as won three of their last five encounters with his most recent victory coming in the round of 32 at the Paris Masters last November, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/everything-cameron-norrie-said-after-stunning-carlos-alcaraz-at-paris-masters\">he won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also beat the Spaniard in the final of the 2023 Rio Open and the quarter-final of the Cincinnati Open in 2022, although Alcaraz won the 2023 Buenos Aires title and at Wimbledon last year.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt the world No 1 will be the favourite as he was in blistering form against Casper Ruud, winning 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) to take his unbeaten start to the 2026 season to 15 while Norrie beat qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, just really pleased about how I played today. I think I was at a really high level of tennis for me in both sets,\u201d Alcaraz said during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust happy with, you know, really happy to know that I just did the goals that I set on myself at the beginning of the match. So hopefully playing this kind of level or the same level in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally difficult one against Cam, great battles I have against him. The last one I just lost against him, so I just really want to take revenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see how it\u2019s gonna be. Really looking forward to playing tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/professional-carlos-alcaraz-praised-david-ferrer-handling-of-ferrero-split\">\u2018Professional\u2019 Carlos Alcaraz praised by Davis Cup captain for handling of Ferrero split<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/carlos-alcaraz-reacts-after-brother-wins-bizarre-hottie-coach-award\">Carlos Alcaraz reacts after brother wins bizarre \u2018Hottie Coach\u2019 award<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked why Norrie \u2013 who is on the verge of a return to the top 20 of the ATP Rankings after a slump in 2025 \u2013 is such a difficult opponent, Alcaraz explained: \u201cI would love to answer that question, to be honest (smiling), but probably Cam is going to watch this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, you know, I would say lefties always tricky to play against, I would say. Just the way he can change the, you know, I\u2019m gonna say the height of the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a really flat backhand and really topspin forehand. So you can be a little bit confused sometimes with how it\u2019s gonna come, the ball, to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a gladiator. You know, he\u2019s a real fighter, fighting every ball, every game, every set. So it\u2019s really difficult to, you know, when you\u2019re facing someone like never give up any point or any ball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Wells Open: Carlos Alcaraz sends warning to \u2018gladiator\u2019 Cameron Norrie Shahida Jacobs 12 Mar 2026 10:15 AM Carlos Alcaraz with Cameron Norrie inset The last time Carlos Alcaraz played against Cameron Norrie, he was on the losing end and he admits he will have revenge on his mind when they square off in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1821982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1821982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1821982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1821982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1821982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}