21-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal turned the primary man to win 400 matches on the ATP Masters 1000 stage, beating Daniel Evans 7-5, 6-3 on Monday in Indian Wells. He additionally improved to 56-10 in his profession at Indian Wells, which makes this the third Masters 1000 occasion he has 56 or extra wins at.
Rafa will face the winner of an intriguing Monday matchup between rising younger North American stars in American Reilly Opelka and Canada’s Denis Shapovalov.
Our champ is now 17-0 for the season after successful titles on the Melbourne Summer season Set, Australian Open and Acapulco.
Most profession wins at Masters 1000 occasions:
- 400: Rafael Nadal
- 381: Roger Federer
- 374: Novak Djokovic
- 219: Andy Murray
- 209: Andre Agassi
Rafa’s Masters 1000 Milestones:
- 1st win: vs Kucera, Monte-Carlo 2003
- a centesimal win: vs Berdych, Miami 2008
- two hundredth win: vs Murray, Monte-Carlo 2011
- three hundredth win: vs Wawrinka, Shanghai 2015
- four-hundredth win: vs Evans, Indian Wells 2022
“I didn’t find out about that [400th Masters 1000 victory], good numbers after all!” Rafa mentioned throughout his on-court interview. “Completely happy to be by means of after all, the match didn’t begin the way in which that I needed however I used to be capable of hit a few good passing pictures in key moments.
“I feel I improved a little bit bit with my serve, for a second it was troublesome however I feel my forehand is beginning to work a bit higher. Even when I create a few double faults I can do injury with my second serve.”
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