All-time Slam king Rafa Nadal survived a scare from Sebastian Korda earlier than profitable his second spherical match in three units at Indian Wells.
Our champ was stretched to the restrict earlier than prevailing 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(3) within the match that lasted two hours, 29 minutes within the California desert.
After the match, Rafa stated:
“I used to be very fortunate as we speak as a result of I in all probability performed one of many worst matches of the yr. Generally you win matches like this. I fighted, it’s true, and I’m by. I’m very blissful for that and I’m going to attempt to be higher the subsequent day.”
His victory over the American places him inside one win of a significant milestone: it’s the 399th Masters 1000 win of his profession.
Rafa improved to 16-0 on the yr and is but to lose a gap match on the BNP Paribas Open in 15 appearances.
Our champ subsequent faces twenty seventh seed Daniel Evans, a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Federico Coria earlier on Saturday.
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