Rafael Nadal downs Carlos Alcaraz 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Indian Wells on Saturday in what was an all-Spaniard contest. Nadal will fight against Taylor Harry Fritz in the final. Nadal 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 $ 321,345 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 665,330 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 576,695 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,242,025 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Nadal and Alcaraz is 2-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
Nadal will square off with Harry Fritz in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Taylor Harry Fritz play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Nadal managed to stage a great comeback to break Alcaraz 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Nadal wasted a good opportunity to break Alcaraz in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A defining moment of this set was when Nadal won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.
Rafael converted 17% of his break points (3/17). He had 17 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alcaraz was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 81 points. Rafael conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Carlos (43-38). Rafael conceded 13 points on serve (15-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 28 points on serve (25-28).
Carlos won the set after he broke Rafael 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Rafael tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Carlos stayed solid to win the set 6-4.
Alcaraz was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Nadal was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 71 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Rafael (38-33). Alcaraz surrendered 12 points on serve (16-12). On the other side, Rafael conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Rafael conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Carlos (30-26). Nadal conceded 12 points on serve (25-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 5 points on serve (14-5).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H details and stats