In 2022, Rafael Nadal was in a destructive form. After the semi -finals at the Indian Wells Masters, the Spanish player extended the winning series to the number 20. He also pocketed three ATP titles including Melbourne Summer Set 1, Australia expanded and Mexican Open.
Entering the Indian Wells Masters final, Nadal's opponent, Taylor Fritz – the player is only ranked No. 20 in the tournament. With what has shown, the King of the clay yard is expected to easily win. However, in American soil, something unexpected happened.
Entering set 1, Nadal started slowly. He constantly broken and let Fritz break the first 2 gaming games, which was led to 4-0. It was not until the game 5 that the King of the Platform blended for himself and won the White 40-0 to get the first winning game.
At game 8, Nadal has the first break, thereby opening the hope of turning the flag. However, Fritz quickly extinguished that hope of his seniors. In the decision 9 game, the American tennis player responded to the third time successfully breaking Nadal's serve game, thereby winning the 6-3 gap.
Set Set 2, Nadal and Fritz have created a choking game. Accordingly, each person has once won the break and holds each other 6-6 in game 12. Previously, Nadal made the fans at Indian Wells exploded when successfully saved Championship-point in the 10th game.
Entering the tie-break series, the drama is still maintained. Nadal started not really good but had returned to lead 5-4 before having the right to serve. Even so, suddenly happened when the King of the ground brush broken 2 times and let Fritz flip the flag. American tennis players also did not miss the opportunity to end the gun battle series with 7-5 victory.
In the end, Nadal lost 0-2 and came second in Indian Wells Masters. His 20 matches were also blocked. Meanwhile, Fritz was crowned for the first time in the Masters 1000. This is also the first ATP title in his career.
