Rafael Nadal topples Nick Kyrgios 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Nadal will have to play Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 3 times in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 164,045 after winning this match. He has won already $ 343,985 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 321,345 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,330.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Nadal’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 106 points vs. Kyrgios’s 103.
Nadal
Nadal served extremely well to win 78% of the points (52/67) behind his first serve. However he won only 49% points (17/35) on his second serve. Rafael blasted 10 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The Spaniard was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Kyrgios
On the other side, Kyrgios was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Kyrgios is 6-3 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Nadal will play Alcaraz in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Nadal broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-0.
Tiebreak
Nadal won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40). On the other side, Nick converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 79 points. Rafael won 5 points more than Kyrgios (42-37). The Spaniard lost 14 points on serve (26-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Kyrgios conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nick conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Kyrgios wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 65 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Rafael (37-28). Nick lost 7 points on serve (25-7). On the other side, Nadal conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Rafael snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Kyrgios (36-29). Rafael dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, Kyrgios conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
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