As we all know, the ATP Masters is a series in the World Tour under ATP. The series consists of nine masters, namely Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Montreal, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris.
The last stop of the Paris Masters of each year is always regarded as the most likely Masters of the new champion due to the embarrassing time point (near the end of the season) .
What impressed fans the most was of course the 2017 American player Sok reversed Serbian player Kraginovic to win the championship, which is also the most important men's singles champion in his career to date.
Russian player Kachanov also topped the event in the 2018 season. The Paris Masters are also the highest-level champion of his career.
However, with the American players defeating Nadal in Indian Wells to win the championship, the Indian Wells Masters seems to have replaced the Paris Masters and become the event to create a new master.
Let’s take a brief look at who has reached the top here in the past few seasons!
2018: Del Potro
Del Potro just announced his retirement last month. Among his 22 singles championship titles in his career, in addition to the only Grand Slam in the US Open in 2009, the highest-level one was Indian Wells winning the championship in 2018.
At that time, he reached the final and defeated Federer, winning his first Masters championship in his career, which was also the last time the senior brother reached the top on the ATP Tour in his career.
2019: Tim
Since withdrawing from the game in Mallorca due to a right-hand wrist injury in June last year, Austrian player Tim has been placing a high-level free card and announced his withdrawal from this year's Sunshine Doubles Championship, he plans to make a comeback in the clay season.
Tim, who has always been famous as a clay master, came from the hard ground. In the 2019 season, he reached the final in Indian Wells and eventually reversed Federer to win the championship.
2021: Norri
Due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the 2020 IW tournament was not held, and the 2021 championship belongs to British player Norri, who reversed the victory over Bashirashvili in the final and became the first British player in history to win the championship in Indian Wells.
There is no doubt that this is also the most important men's singles champion in Norri's career. Among the three championship titles he won, there are two ATP250 events (2021 Los Cabos and 2022 Dray Beach).
This year, Fritz, who won the men's singles championship in the IW competition, also made his first appearance in the Masters. In fact, before Indian Wells won the championship, American players had only once the experience of topping the ATP Tour - the 2019 Eastbourne Open.
So what do you think is the most surprising Indian Wells Championship in the four seasons of 2018 to 2022? (Source: Tennis House Author: Barbie)
