Actually he won his last hard court title a week before sinner won his last one (before cincinatti of course) but people just decide that indian Wells is Clay, lol, but yeah i get what youre saying, and of course sinner Game, when clicking, is made for hardcourts, but his serve is not always there, he has little holes where if he doesnt play the perfect match, players like carlos, novak, med... Can hurt him, of course he is one of the top favourites, but the feeling is that people are talking about Carlos like a Clay court player, which couldnt be further from the truth, yeah he didnt win a hard court title in a while but for people who actually watch the matches, he played great at uso last year, semis is a good result, beating good players like zverev in straights, he made final at cincy, he very well could have won one of those, his performance on hard wasnt bad, just not as dominant as on grass for example