21:57
Nadal 3-0 Korda
Korda’s own serve continues to bring no luck. In five attempts he only hits one first – with which he also makes the point thanks to a strong serve and volley on the net. But including a double fault, nothing goes together on the second serve. As a result, Nadal is already strong in the return, immediately takes control of the rally and the number of mistakes made by the American continues to increase. Especially the forehand does not want to work at all with the son of Petr Korda.
21:53
Nadal 2-0 Korda
Korda has absolutely no rhythm in this match yet. Nadal keeps him in the game with a double fault, but then the US boy wants too much against the second serve and pulls him well behind the baseline. Nadal immediately confirmed the break and took a 2-0 lead.
21:51
Nadal 1-0 Korda
Nadal immediately gets a powerful return sent back to the baseline and no longer puts his own backhand in the field, but the Spaniard is immediately in the service game, serves the next first, forces Korda to make a forehand error and pops the first ace through the middle.
21:49
Nadal 1-0 Korda
Another forehand from Korda lands under pressure in the net, Nadal is immediately given three break chances. And the Spaniard can use it immediately because Korda makes the fourth forehand mistake, shoots the forehand cross from the half field clearly to the left and starts the match catastrophically.
21:47
1 sentence
Korda opens the match, but the young American doesn’t get any first serves and comes under pressure in the first two rallies, then makes the slight mistakes with the forehand. 0:30.
21:42
coin toss
Korda won the coin toss and chose to serve first. In a few moments, the US boy will serve after pounding.
21:25
stage 1
Daniil Medvedev more than lived up to his role as favorite and easily won in two sets against his Czech opponent in just 70 minutes. The court is already free and our match can start on time.
21:24
Head-2-Head
This duel has already happened once, in 2020 at Nadal’s favorite tournament, the French Open. The Spaniard easily won in three sets. Korda, meanwhile, only won four games in the entire match. Even on hard court, however, Nadal is now the big favorite.
21:22
corda
The young Sebastian Korda was still training with Rafa Nadal a few days ago, today he faces the Spaniard under competitive circumstances. For the 21-year-old, last year almost ended on the highest high of his career, but reaching the final at the Nitto ATP Finals was also a strong performance, even though the title in the final went to Carlos Alcaraz. But Korda has had a positive record so far in 2022, moving into the third round in Melbourne, as well as at the home tournament in Delray Beach. In Acapulco, however, he already failed at the beginning, but in the Davis Cup in the qualification he got an important win in the singles against the Colombian Nicolás Mejía. At the opener in Indian Wells he defeated Thanasai Kokkinakis for his best result in the Golden State. On the way to the top 30, the current number 38 in the world would have to shake a surprise win out of their sleeve today.
21:12
Nadal
Let’s get straight to the favorite in this match, Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard was a bit of a grab bag from injury early in the season but he silenced all critics. Not only did he win the preparatory tournament for the Australian Open – with an admittedly “weak” field – but also the subsequent Grand Slam, becoming the first player to ever win 21 major titles. The Spaniard wasn’t the top favorite despite the absence of Novak Djokovic, but Alexander Zverev failed early on and in a memorable final, the Manacor bull beat Daniil Medvedev with an impressive comeback from a two-set deficit. He then took a three-week hiatus before competing in Acapulco and winning the title there too – once again defeating Daniil Medvedev. So Nadal is still undefeated in 2022 and won all of his 15 matches (plus one walkover.
21:04
stage 1
In the largest arena of the facility, Daniil Medvedev is currently meeting the qualifier Tomás Machác, but is leading 6: 2, 2: 1 with a break in the second set. If the Russian keeps up the pace, it should be good news for our upcoming match, which will also be played at Stadium 1.
21:02
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters, also known as the BNP Paribas Open. Rafael Nadal joins in and meets local hero Sebastian Korda. It starts at around 21:30 CET.