Rafa Nadal starts his participation in Indian Wells against Sebastian Korda. The Balearic tennis player, who ends all his matches in 2022 with victory, is going for a new Masters 1,000 title. At the moment he has won 36 (3 Indian Wells, 11 Monte Carlo, 1 Hamburg, 5 Madrid, 10 Rome, 5 Canada and 1 Cincinnati) and is one away from the record held by Novak Djokovic. The encounter between Nadal and Korda will dispute around 9:30 p.m. this Saturday, March 12. It will be played on Court 1 in the second turn as soon as the match between Daniil Medvedev and Tomas Machac ends.
Nadal has won all three tournaments he has played this year (Melbourne, Australian Open and Acapulco). He already has 15 wins in 15 games. If he wins in Indian Wells, Nadal will improve on the best start to the season of two racket legends like Pete Sampras and Roger Federer since the creation of the ATP circuit in 1990. Both had 17 wins without failure, in 1997 and 2018, respectively.
Korda comes to this match after beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-4 in the qualifier.. He has only faced Rafa Nadal once. He was in the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2020. The Balearic tennis player won 6-1, 6-1 and 6-2.
Schedule and television channel to see the Rafa Nadal – Sebastian Korda of Indian Wells
The match between Rafael Nadal and Sebastian Korda in Indian Wells will be played in the second shift on court 1 hour around 9:30 p.m. this Saturday, March 12. It can be seen through Movistar on the channel Vamos.All Indian Wells can be seen on Movistar either in Deportes por M+ or in Vamos
All the information of the party and the declarations of the protagonists can be find in MARCA.comas well as everything that the Masters 1,000 of Indian Wells holds.