Due to the exemption of round 1, Rafael Nadal and Dankil Medvedev both entered the journey to conquer Indian Wells Masters 2022 from the second round. Nadal's opponent in the second round was Sebastian Korda.
Sebastian Korda is 21 years old and ranked 38th on the ATP rankings. The prospect of American prospects really caused many difficulties for the No. 4 seed in the competition that ended not long ago.
Easy to lose with the score of 2-6 in the first set but Sebastian Korda rises strongly in the second set. He makes the player hold the record for the Grand Slam number constantly broken before the end of the set with a surprise 6-1 score.
At the decisive set, Sebastian Kora continued to be a better starter. He won 2 breaks to take the lead with a score of 5-2.
Just one more win, Sebastian Korda will create the biggest shock since the Indian Wells Masters 2022 started but Nadal did not let that happen. As what happened at the Australian Championship expansion of 2022, the King of the Platform showed his bravery at the right time.
Rafael Nadal reclaimed both breaks to equalize 5-5. Both players do not make mistakes in the next game of serve to put the set set in the tie-break series. In this series of 'gun battles', Nadal won all the last 5 points to win with a score of 7-3.
Winning Sebastian Korda with a score of 2-1, Rafael Nadal won the right to attend the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 2022. This is the third victory of 35-year-old player at Masters 1000, 18 more victories compared to Roger Federer (2nd). If passing Daniel Evans in the third round, Nadal will reach 400.
Let's go to the third round like Nadal but Daniil Medvedev is not 'energy'. The No. 1 seed won Tomas Machac won with a score of 2-0. The set ratios are 6-3 and 6-2 respectively.
