Alexei had a phenomenal week beating FIVE top 15 ranked players in the world - Ben Shelton (11 seed & 14 in the world) in round 32, Grigor Dimitrov (7 seed & 9 in the world) in round 16, Hubert Hurkacz (4 seed and 7 in the world) in the quarters, Sebastian Korda (15 in the world) in the semi-final and Andrey Rublev (5 seed & 6 in the world) in the final.

Alexei is the first Australian to win a masters 1000 for 21 years (Lleyton Hewitt won Indian Wells in 2003)! This win also moves him up to 23 in the world!