Rafael Nadal came back from a 2-5 deficit in the third set and won 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (3) over American Sebastian Korda, number 38 in the world, to maintain his winning streak (16-0) in 2022 and advance to the third round of the Indian Wells tournament. His rival in the next round will be Britain’s Daniel Evans, number 29 in the world.
Nadal, champion this year of the Australian Open, Melbourne and Acapulco, He was on the brink of the abyss, but with a new test of self-improvement and character, he came back from two breaks down in the deciding set and defeated Korda in the tiebreak after a battle of two hours and 29 minutes.
The Spaniard, winner of 21 Grand Slam titles, added his 399th victory in the Masters 1000 and will continue fighting in the Californian tournament for a title that he already won in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
Winner of 36 titles in this category, one short of the Serbian Novak Djokovic’s record, absent in this edition, Nadal experienced all kinds of emotions on the afternoon of Indian Wells.
