Rafa Nadal disputes this week the Indian Wells Masters 1000, which serves as the starting signal for the tour of tournaments in this category and in which the tennis player from Manacor aspires to prolong his great streak. The Spaniard remains undefeated this season, with three titles won and on the hunt for his fourth trophy in California , to match his best hard-court roadmap in his entire career. Chasing Novak Djokovic to more Masters 1000 titles is also within his grasp.
“My biggest priority is to play Indian Wells,” said Rafa Nadal after winning the Australian Open, a victory that made him become the first tennis player in history to reach 21 Grand Slams. Several weeks have passed since that, the Spaniard has already been installed in California for several days, getting ready at the facilities where Indian Wells is disputed and in the meantime he has had time to add one more title after passing through Acapulco. At 35 years old, Carlos Moyá ‘s pupil is in the best start to the season of his entire career, undefeated, with 15 consecutive victories and three hard court titles.
Nadal reappears in Indian Wells after his last participation in 2019, an edition in which he reached the semifinals, but was unable to attend his appointment against Roger Federer due to injury. Now he arrives in California as one of the great favorites to win the title after his immaculate start to the season and where he aspires to win his fourth trophy on Californian soil (2007, 2009, 2013).
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The Spaniard is enjoying a great moment of form, he has left behind the doubts generated by his foot injury and is proving that he is not only ready to compete at the highest level but that the results are being translated into titles. Now, in Indian Wells, he is preparing to fight against a new challenge, to win the first Masters 1000 of the season, with which he would equal Novak Djokovic as the player with the most titles in this category (37).
His best streak on hard court
The draw for the Indian Wells draw takes place this Tuesday, March 8 at 3:00 p.m. local time, around 12:00 p.m. in Spain, at which time Rafa Nadal will know what his path is in his fifteenth participation in Indian Wells. The Spaniard has three titles in his showcases (2007, 2009 and 2013), plus a final (2011) and aspires to match his best hard-court streak of his entire career. He is one of the great favorites along with Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
With his victories at the ATP 250 in Melbourne, the Australian Open and the ATP 500 in Acapulco , Nadal aims to win his fourth consecutive title on hard court in Indian Wells, a circumstance that he has only achieved once in his career. It was in 2013, the year in which he chained his victories in Indian Wells, Montreal, Cincinnati and US Open.
