It has been a difficult tournament in Indian Wells for the seeded players. With windy conditions, more often than not it becomes tough to play natural shots. We have already seen the likes of Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev bow out of the tournament. Moreover, Rafael Nadal survived a scare in his second-round win against the American tennis sensation, Sebastian Korda.

The Australian Open champion had to dig deep to overcome Korda. The 21-year-old American had taken a 5-2 lead in the deciding set. However, he failed to serve out the match twice as the Spaniard scripted an exhilarating comeback. Nadal used his experience to win crucial points in the tie-breaker and survived a massive scare against the 21-year-old. Following his second-round win, Nadal opened up about the difficulties he faced during the match.

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Rafael Nadal reveals having difficulties with the balls used in Indian Wells

The Spaniard explained the reasons as to why he had a tough second-round outing. He said, “Ball is not 100% fair on the strings, you have to accept that, lot of other players hit double faults here.. yesterday, I made double faults in important moments, not today, they didn’t make a difference at all.. Not the amount of the double faults but when you hit them.” For the record, Nadal made as many as eight double faults in his second-round win.

Further, during the post-match press conference, he added, “I feel that this kind of ball, we know that since long time ago no with this kind of ball that is not a ball that you feel a lot. When the ball is on the string is a ball that sometimes you feel like in a stun on the string. Comparing to other balls that you have the feeling that you can manage the ball.”

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Moreover, he said, “It’s difficult to explain for me but I tell you one simple thing to understand what happens with this ball with me. I played well with this ball I win tournaments of course with this ball but is a ball that sometimes I hit the ball and I don’t know why the ball goes out or why the ball goes in. I don’t have that immediate feeling on the racket than comparing with another ball that I have.” 

Nadal creates a unique record in Indian Wells

The Spaniard became the first man to win 400 singles matches at the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. The 21-time Grand Slam champion achieved this feat after his third-round victory over Daniel Evans. Although Nadal has won the most matches in Masters tournaments, it is Novak Djokovic who has won the most ATP Masters 1000 titles. The Serb has 37 Masters titles to his credit.

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Following a difficult second-round victory, it was a straightforward win for Nadal, as he breezed past Evans in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. In his Round of 16 clash of the BNP Paribas Open, Nadal will lock horns against big-serving Reilly Opelka of the USA.