Rafael Nadal beats Daniel Evans 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Monday. Nadal will clash against Reilly Opelka in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 3 times in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nadal added to his prize money $ 40,175 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 94,575 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add $ 85,365 to his earnings to get in total $ 179,940 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Daniel Evans BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rafael scored 68 points vs. the Brit’s 53.
Nadal
Rafael served extremely well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (17/26) on his second serve. The Spaniard was pretty good at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Evans
On the other side, Evans was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Evans is 3-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Nadal will play Opelka in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Reilly Opelka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Nadal converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brit converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 69 points. Nadal won 5 points more than Daniel (37-32). Nadal surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, Evans conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
Nadal conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daniel Evans in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Rafael to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Daniel wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 52 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Brit (31-21). Nadal conceded 6 points on serve (22-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-74 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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