Rafael Nadal has just surpassed Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in the fourth round of BNP Paribas Open, the tournament is taking place in the US.
Before the world ranked 17th in the world, the No. 3 seed Nadal had many difficulties. Reilly Opelka's serve made the Spanish player difficult, he repeatedly lost the point and could only solve the first set with the tie-break series.
The second set also takes place with the script is not much different. Even Reilly Opelka brings more difficulties to Nadal. But with experience and bravery in decisive moments, the 36 -year -old tennis player has surpassed it all.
Also because the opponent's type of serve is better, the more Nadal is overwhelming. In the end, he won 2-0 and entered the quarterfinals.
Nadal will meet Nick Kyrgios in the quarterfinals. This player received a special ticket to the quarterfinals thanks to Jannik Sinner's illness and withdrew before the fourth round. In front of Nadal's eyes is countless difficulties, but from now on he can be happy with his achievements.
Nadal surpassed Roger Federer's individual record of 17 consecutive victories (sharing the record also has Pete Sampras). This is the longest series of Nadal's career. This record helped him not lost any match in 2022 and the highlight was the Australian Open 2022 championship.
The best starting record of the year belongs to Novak Djokovic, with 41 consecutive wins in 2011. Nole also started in 2020 with 26 wins.
