*The best plays of Rafael Nadal's victory against Carlos Alcaraz
Rafael Nadal, a living glory of tennis, battled for more than three hours with Carlos Alcaraz, whom he defeated in three sets, to win the semifinal between the duel of Spanish singlists, valid for the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells, United States, a competition that will distribute prizes of $9,554,900.
In a clash between exponents of different generations, the 35-year-old Mallorcan won against the 18-year-old from Murcia with partials of 6-4, 4-6 and 6-3, in a match that had a total length of 210 minutes.
Today's number 4 in the world (from next Monday he will return to third place, displacing the German Alexander Zverev) thus extended his unbeaten streak in 2022 to 20 matches.
So far this season, the Balearic tennis player has already won titles at the Australian Open (won his 21st Grand Slam championship) and the ATP 250 in Melbourne and 500 in Acapulco.
“Carlos has all the ingredients to be a fantastic champion,” said Rafa, who is 17 years older than Alcaraz. “I have no doubt that it will be a big one. It already is, by the way,” he added.
The legend of Manacor, 21 times monarch in Grand Slam tournaments, was spared three break points in the fifth game of the third set. Then, he broke his rival's serve by a right volley to get up by 5-3. With his service, the veteran ended the match of three hours and 12 minutes, leaving his rival at zero, with an ace at 153 kilometers per hour.
“Rafa has a thousand lives,” Alcaraz said. “If he is at a disadvantage, he is able to play at a great level in the most difficult moments,” he said.
The perfect record for the Mallorcan for the year is the third best start of a campaign that has been observed since 1990. In this afternoon's definition, Nadal will run into American Taylor Fritz (20), who gave the surprise of the day and beat Russian Andrey Rublev (7) in the other semi, with segments of 7-5 and 6-4, after 110 minutes of fighting.
There is only one history of confrontations between the two and it is favorable to the Spaniard, who won 6-3 and 6-2 in the definition of ATP 500 Acapulco in the 2020 season.
Nadal will seek the 92nd championship throughout his long professional career, to get closer to the position held by Czech-American Ivan Lendl, who won 94 trophies and is third in the overall standings of top winners. The top two in that list of most successful tennis players in ATP competitions are Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).
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