The fourth seeded Nadal started the match with the world’s nineteen loss of service, but in the end the dramatic first set, in which he worked 17 breaks and turned three, won after the fifth set. In the second set played in places of very strong wind, the number of successful breaks was the opposite (2: 3). Alcaraz went to serve in the set victory after breaking the Nadal service after seven breakballs in the twenty-ninth game, and then used the third setball in his service.
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In the decisive act, both rivals held the serve until the eighth game, in which the owner of a record number of 21 grand slam trophies and the winner of the tournament from 2007, 2009 and 2013 broke Alcaraz’s service and then ended the match with a clean game.
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“I played well from the beginning, but it was just very hard to stop him when he played such great shots. And I can’t say I had it under control because it doesn’t work against such a player. He can do unreal things,” Nadal said after the second match. with a Spanish teenager who was the youngest semifinalist in Indian Wells since 1988. Last year, he still had just three games to play in Madrid in Madrid.
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In the previous semifinal, on the other hand, Rublyov’s winning streak ended. After thirteen victories, which won him titles in Marseille and Dubai, the Russian tennis player had to bow to the twentieth seeded Fritz. The 20-year-old home player may become the first American winner of the tournament since 2001, when Andre Agassi triumphed.
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| Results of the men’s and women’s tennis tournament in Indian Wells |
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| Men’s Singles ($ 9,554,920 grant) – Semifinals |
| Nadal (4-points) – Alcaraz (19-points) 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3 |
| Men’s Doubles – Final |
| Isner, Sock (USA) – Gonzalez, Roger-Vasselin (Mex./Fr.) 7:6 (7:4), 6:3 |
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