Rafael Nadal and American Taylor Fritz will go head-to-head for the second time of their careers once they sq. off within the BNP Paribas Open ultimate on Sunday. Our champ received his lone prior encounter with California native Fritz within the 2020 Acapulco ultimate.
Date: March 20, 2022
Match time: Round 3 PM native time / 6 PM EST – New York, Montreal / 10 PM GMT – United Kingdom / 11 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / Monday 9 AM AEDT – Melbourne. To transform to your native time, use this web site.
Taylor on enjoying Rafa:
I type of beat myself making an attempt to fireside off winners in opposition to him. I feel my degree is a lot increased than it was then, so I possibly received’t be feeling like I want to drag the set off a lot, want to take action a lot. I can type of simply play extra inside myself.
Rafa on enjoying Taylor:
I do know tomorrow I have to be prepared bodily, mentally, by way of enjoying at a really excessive degree of tennis as a result of he’s enjoying nicely. I’m going to attempt to do the work that I have to do to be prepared for tomorrow after which let’s see.
Rafa is bidding to raise his fourth consecutive title to begin 2022, all on exhausting courts. After profitable the Melbourne Summer season Set and Australian Open in January, he arrived within the California desert on the again of triumphing at Acapulco.
Rafa is 91-37 in finals with 11 straight wins in finals since Could 2019. Fritz is 1-5 in finals and enjoying within the greatest championship match of his profession.
Rafa, who turns 36 on 3 June, is hoping to go Roger Federer, 35, in 2017, because the oldest males’s champion in BNP Paribas Open event historical past. Our champ would additionally tie Novak Djokovic’s document together with his thirty seventh ATP Masters 1000 title.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
