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Rafael Nadal #4 def. Nick Kyrgios #132

7-6(0) 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2022*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(0) 5-7 6-4
Loser	Nick Kyrgios
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Nick Kyrgios
Aces	10	12
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	66	54
First serve points won %	78	76
Second serve points won %	49	53
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	68	65
Return points won %	35	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Nick Kyrgios
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Apr 27, 1995
Age	35	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	132
Ranking points (entering)	6,515	493
Elo (entering)	2,360	1,943
Career W-L	1,045–225	197–115
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$12,852,136

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 3 Nick Kyrgios

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2022	R16	Reilly Opelka	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2022	R32	Daniel Evans	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2022	R64	Sebastian Korda	6-2 1-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2022	SF	Carlos Alcaraz	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nick Kyrgios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2022	R16	Jannik Sinner	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2022	R32	Casper Ruud	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2022	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2022	R128	Sebastian Baez	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data