Nick Kyrgios lost a tough match against Rafael Nadal on Thursday in Indian Wells in 3 sets. Unfortunately, the match will also be remembered for Kyrgios almost hitting a ball boy on his head after smashing his racket in frustration.
This is the video
Kyrgios’ nice apology
After the match, Kyrgios posted a nice message on Twitter with a couple of screenshots of a conversation he had with the ball boy. Nick was completely apologetic and he offered a racket to the ball boy. That was nice to see.
Made a new friend in the process 🤍 accidents happen but we can go out of our way to make things better 🥶👑 pic.twitter.com/G0gI5QpmBy
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) March 18, 2022
Nick Kyrgios in 2022
Now ranked no.132, Nick played his last match on the 17th of March when he lost to world no.4 Rafael Nadal 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells (draw).
This season Nick has a compiled 4-2 match record.
Nadal in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2022
Now the world no.4, Rafael has managed to achieve a 19-0 win-loss record in 2022. The Spaniard is now playing in Indian Wells where he overcame Sebastian Korda 6-2 1-6 7-63, Daniel Evans 7-5 6-3, Reilly Opelka 7-63 7-65 and Nick Kyrgios 7-60 5-7 6-4.
Rafael Nadal will compete against the world no.19 Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Nadal.
Nadal clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, at the Australian Open and in Acapulco.
Nadal won 91 titles in his career: 24 on hard courts, 62 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal faced off 9 times. Their head to head is 6-3 for Nadal. The last time they played each other, Rafael Nadal won 7-6(0) 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) on the 17th of March 2022.
Here the video highlights.
