ATP Masters Indian Wells: Nadal celebrates 18th win in a row against Opelka
Rafael Nadal has reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. The Spaniard, who was unbeaten in 2022 after 18 matches, defeated Reilly Opelka 7: 6 (3) and 7: 6 (5).
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Mar 17, 2022, 12:09 am
Rafael Nadal remains undefeated in 2022. With the 7: 6 (3) and 7: 6 (5) against Reilly Opelka, the Spaniard not only made it into the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. At the same time, Nadal celebrated his 18th match success in his 18th appearance of the year. And stays on course for the fourth title of the season after Melbourne, the Australian Open and Acapulco. The next opponent will beNick Kyrgios , who advanced to the quarter-finals without a fight after Jannik Sinner withdrew.
In any case, Nadal is getting better and better in Indian Wells. After the tedious opening success against Sebastian Korda, in which the Spaniard had to make up for a 2:5 deficit in the third set, and the victory against Daniel Evans, which was also not particularly smooth, Nadal showed one thing above all against Opelka: patience. Because if the US number one feels the serve, the respective opponent has few chances.
Kecmanovic beats Berrettini
Nadal worked this out in the tie-break of the first round, Opelka helped with a few mistakes. The break to 3:2 for Opelka in the second set was all the more surprising. A few minutes later, Nadal fended off three more opportunities from Opelka. And got the equalizer to 4: 4 with the third chance. Again a tiebreak had to make the decision. And Rafael Nadal won that again after an early mini-break to make it 2-1.
The first games of the day turned into real marathons. Almost at the same time, Taylor Fritz and Miomir Kecmanovic left the court as winners. Fritz only defeated Alex de Minaur in the tie-break of the third set, and Kecmanovic also had to go the full distance against Matteo Berrettini .
Here the individual tableau in Indian Wells
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