Rafael Nadal victorious over Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 7-6(5) in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Nadal will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Nick Kyrgios in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 3 times in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rafael added to his prize money $ 85,365 after winning this match. He has won already $ 179,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 164,045 to his earnings to get in total $ 343,985 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Reilly Opelka BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:11
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 93 points vs. Opelka’s 78.
Nadal
Rafael served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (16/22) on his second serve. Nadal won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Opelka
On the other side, the American had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Opelka is 2-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats
Nadal will compete against Kyrgios in the quarter.
This will be the 9th time that Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Nadal (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Nadal won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. Nadal was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Opelka (40-31). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (28-3). In addition, on the other side, Opelka conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).
The Spaniard conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Rafael won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 12th (7-5) point.
Rafael won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Rafael converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Opelka converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 100 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the American (52-48). The Spaniard dropped 11 points on serve (29-11). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 23 points on serve (37-23).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Jannik SinnerSinner (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – John IsnerIsner (6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-6 6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-75 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (5-3) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H details and stats
