With the defeat of the seed player No. 27 of the tournament with the score 7-5 and 6-3, Nadal has extended its impressive achievements in 2022 with 17 wins, 0 losses. This is also his 400th victory in the Master 1000 tournaments.
“I don't remember all the matches in that achievement, but it was a respectable milestone,” Nadal shared after the victory in the third round.
In the second round, the expanded Australian champion had to be very hard to defeat the host player Sebastian Korda with the tie-break series in the last set. In today's competition, he also faced many difficulties before Daniel Evans.
“The match did not start the way I wanted,” Nadal said. “But I have taken advantage of well and played the right time at important times. Since then, things have become better.”
After leading 4-2 in set 1, Nadal won 8 out of 9 consecutive games to win set 1 and lead 3-0 in Set 2.
With Medvedev lost to Gael Monfils and Alexander Zverev could not surpass Tommy Paul, Nadal became the highest seed player who remained in Indian Wells Master 2022. His upcoming opponent is Reilly Opelka, the No. 17 seed tennis player of the tournament and the person who defeated Denis Shapovalov with 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 ratios.
